Restoring this J. Allen & Sons. I was hoping to restore the tranparent horn scales, but cracked them taking out the pins. Shame, because they have numbers and letters stamped on 1 side - does that make it military? Also has a lead wedge.
I have a set of scale blanks in horn, but have never tried horn. Texas Knifemakers is in my town, so I get to sort for ones I like. I just did an initial hand sanding as below. The one mocked to the blade is wet to show the color better. I’ll definately want a gloss finish.
I’ll need to read around to figure out how to bend them a bit and finish them out.
I’m a little nervous about pinning them, after cracking the original scales. Anything I need to know about that?
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