Thread: The Old Grey Duck .

Just ain't what she used to be.

Here she is before. The seller was very good a describing what can be seen but he did make 1 mistake in advertising.



Cell rot ? Just rust ? Both ? Does it matter ?



You may ask what was he thinking buying THAT !
I just had a gut feeling it was going to turn out okay.



Well I was surprised when I got it. It looked just as bad as the pictures. :<0) And it was an 8/8 and not a 7/8 as described. It also had a bevel that was 3" long.
I watched the tip of the toe disappear while scraping off the rust there and so I had to shorten it about an 1/8 which helpped make the chunk of rust up near the spine get smaller. There are still some deep pits on the tang and 2 on the blade itself but there was just no way to take that much out of the thickness without leaving a different kind of blemish.
Initial bevel set took it to 15/16ths.

So here it is after some praying and a lot of work.

15/16ths with 2 7/8" bevel.
Set in translucent grey acrylic scales.
All original hardware.
I am not happy with the pics but too lazy to set up the whole photo tent.
I plan on setting it up and making a photo collection of all my Ducks after Christmas.













Hope you like it and thanks for looking.