Thread: John Creswick

Recent restoration I completed, this old John Creswick, Sheffield wedge. Sympathetic restoration on the blade to keep as much of the etch as possible, just lightly ground and then glazed the faces with some traditional glue and emery wheels I've been making recently. Scales were a more thorough overhaul, replaced with blonde buffalo horn with a black buffalo horn wedge and brass beehive collars and brass pins.

Originally Posted by thp001

Recent restoration I completed, this old John Creswick, Sheffield wedge. Sympathetic restoration on the blade to keep as much of the etch as possible, just lightly ground and then glazed the faces with some traditional glue and emery wheels I've been making recently. Scales were a more thorough overhaul, replaced with blonde buffalo horn with a black buffalo horn wedge and brass beehive collars and brass pins.

Did you trash the original scales.?

Haven't found a set that couldn't be restored, yet.

Though those look pretty darn nice.!
Well done, sir.!

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Very nice work.

Could you please explain what ...." and then glazed the faces with some traditional glue and emery wheels I've been making recently"...... means?

I assume that you mean applying glue to a wood or MDF wheel and then rolling it in some loose grain Emery?

"Glazing" means a light grinding with that wheel to obtain the desired "satin" finish?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

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Very nice work.

Could you please explain what ...." and then glazed the faces with some traditional glue and emery wheels I've been making recently"...... means?

I assume that you mean applying glue to a wood or MDF wheel and then rolling it in some loose grain Emery?

"Glazing" means a light grinding with that wheel to obtain the desired "satin" finish?

Not a wood wheel but leather, well, felt with a layer of leather glued onto the circumference. Then the glue is brushed on the leather and the wheel rolled in the emery as you say. I've been using a 2x72 belt grinder until now, and still do for the rougher grinding, but the use of the glazing wheels gives a more authentic look (they used the same types of wheels back in those days although leather glued to wood) to the finish on the blade and the scratch pattern. You end up with this nice, semi-bright finish but with these very fine, overlapping lines that you see on original blades.

Originally Posted by outback

Did you trash the original scales.?

Haven't found a set that couldn't be restored, yet.

Though those look pretty darn nice.!
Well done, sir.!

I kept the old scales but wanted to do something nicer for this blade, I used the originals as the template for the new scales.

Very nicely done. I do like the way it came out.