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07-24-2016, 11:02 PM #1Member
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My first restorations ready to present
this first one is my new "box cutter" cheap paki restoration new yellowheart scales blk horn wedge and a brand new regrind could use a little more polish but why?
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07-24-2016, 11:07 PM #2Member
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this one is a simmons hardware Co St. Louis MO "absolute guarantee double grind done in deer antler with bone wedge
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07-24-2016, 11:08 PM #3Senior Member
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Nice work. There is a real sense of satisfaction with restoring a SR. Do you hone your own SRs? If so I would get that on the stones soon!
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07-24-2016, 11:12 PM #4Member
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Ok this one is my son's Radigan a boker tree brand with orig ivory tang "yes did the needle test" He did it in ebony with faux ivory wedge and ss washers.
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07-24-2016, 11:18 PM #5Member
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Yes we do our own honing I have been for 50 years and can sharpen anything !
this razor i8s of unknown origin with faux ivory tang done in tulip wood with bone wedge
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07-24-2016, 11:27 PM #6< Banned User >
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Good job on all of them. I bet you are an arkansas hone man for a finisher--just a guess?
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07-24-2016, 11:33 PM #7Member
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yes I do appreciate nat stone over water stones but also with a lifetime of making knives I do like how far you can get with a complete , set of diamond hones
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