Thread: DD Goldedge Resto

These always make me smile. Just something about them I like.
Broke down the blade and cleaned it up. The third photo is just prior to plating. It has to be as near perfect as you can get as Gold doesn't hide a thing. It accentuates it.
The scales had the typical curves and needed straightening. These also had initials scratched into them with what looked like someone did it with an old nail. All traces are gone.
Plated the shaft and put her back together again.

Great work, yet again Mark. First I'm impressed with your cleaning up the blade. Can you show a picture of your work platform? I like to see if you made some special tools for polishing. I like to steal your ideas :-)

Second how do you gold Plate? Do you have all the chemical baths or do you use some other technic?

Kristian

Thanks. But in the before photos that blue surface IS the work surface. Just a thin foam pad. For sanding it's very much like the pieces of eraser I cut up that you can see in the workshop thread where I carved the scales. I also use various shaped rubber that I wrap sandpaper around. Low tech, low buck. It works.

Through my regular work I have a friend who does some plating , mostly brass and silver but I use his shop as he has everything I need. I don't want to bother trying to obtain all the chemicals , hassles ( EPA etc) so this works great for what I need to do.

Never tried the " do it at home" kits. I'm sure they work but here I have access to additional underplating should it be needed and something about a commercial process just resonates with me.

Absolutely astounding, I LOVE it!!

Although I'm somewhat saddened, I have one of these coming to me within the next week and when I saw that you said you re-plated the gold, I got all excited because I thought "I'll be able to learn how this fellow did it"... well I don't have a friend that has those supplies lol. But excellent job and kudos!

With my penchant for these I had to find a way around the plating problem. For me it worked but there are other avenues to try.

Great work as always.Lokking at the before Pics,Do you have any concerns about possible cell Rot?