Thread: W.G. Wilton mystery

This may help a bit Hand sanding a blade - Straight Razor Place Library . There is quite a bit of info in the forums Library section.

Bob

Unfortunately though hand sanding the blade is going to eliminate the etching entirely. You can have etching or you can have shiny. I don't think you can have both in this case.

A middle of the road solution are Cape Cod Polishing Cloths. They will be more effective than polish but gentler than sanding.

For the sake of salvage I will try although I'm not convinced I will be able to make too much of a difference, I actually know zilch about Masonic symbolism anyway, so even if I found a way to preserve the etching I would have to try to squeeze information out of a "publicly secretive" society....not sure how that will go

Glen did a lovely restore of a masonic W.G. Wilton, three pages and some great pics.
Maybe you should PM him for advice. In the meantime, how about a pic of the whole blade ?
LINK: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...e-chopper.html

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

A middle of the road solution are Cape Cod Polishing Cloths. They will be more effective than polish but gentler than sanding.

Never heard of it before. I guess I'll have to give it a try.

here is the blade, scales look poor

Originally Posted by abigail

here is the blade, scales look poor

Well yes, but if you happen to like the "rustic" look, you could salvage them with a couple of applications of neatsfoot oil. Of course it won't eliminate the flea bites but it will make them look a lot better.

I do like the rustic look, but I'm not liking the flimsy feel. They chip when you grip them.

When you say they chip, do you mean small bits fall off? If that is the case, neatsfoot oil probably would eliminate that. It really does seem to bring horn, pardon me, back to life.