Thread: W.Greaves & Sons restoration

I shouldn't really call this a restoration because it has been re fashioned not restored .
(Everything was done by hand apart from Dremeling a rough outline of the scales )

Bought this blade without realising the extent of the pitting .

I took most of the pitting out and made the scales from honey horn. This piece of horn has a kind of white layer which doesn't show up in the photos but it is eye catching.

The horn was a nightmare (in a bubble car) to work with . I don't know if the animal was sickly or something but parts kept on popping up from the horn which left deep gauges , which in turn meant more sanding, warping etc.
After they were fashioned I lay them in neat's foot oil for a few days. Finished them up to 3k glass paper and bees wax

The wedge is honey horn with Aluminium . Solid Nickel collars with brass pins.

Getting the blade to centre was also a joke, it took 3 washers on one side and a sanding down of a scale.

Even honing it was painful haha .
Sanding so close to the edge took its toll on the geometry.

Last night I had a shave with it, very keen but not buttery smooth, probably because I finished on water imo.

The main thing is that I painfully learnt many lessons . For one I will start to leave deep pitting alone