Thread: Post 1890 Wade & Butcher near wedge

A post 1890 Wade & Butcher 13/16 near wedge. This style blade was becoming less common in favor of the smaller hollow ground blades by this time period. Received as just a bare blade which had a previous restoration attempt leaving much of the deep pitting. The blade cleaned up nicely as can be seen in the in work pictures. It's off the 400 grit belt and the bevel set on a 1K stone. Finished with glazed blade faces and crocus finished spine and tang. New black horn scales, a lead wedge and brass pins and collars completed the restoration.

Always a pleasure to see your work.

Bob

Nice work.

Your ability to remove pitting amazes me. Did you have to remove a lot of metal?

I’ve heard doing this kind of restoration on pitted wedges works because of the amount of metal in the blade, but that it’s almost always a losing situation with a hollow ground in similar shape.

Originally Posted by DZEC

Your ability to remove pitting amazes me. Did you have to remove a lot of metal?

I’ve heard doing this kind of restoration on pitted wedges works because of the amount of metal in the blade, but that it’s almost always a losing situation with a hollow ground in similar shape.

Just enough to remove the pitting. A few thousands I guess. The blade is still very much a near wedge. The belt grinder is my go to tool for wedge type grinds. It allows me to keep the details and profile of the blade sharp and crisp. Also to establish a nice thin and even bevel. The buffer is reserved for polishing.