I just got these two finished, adding to my little but growing collection, I experimented with various aspects of these, the one on the right was mirror finished (or as near as was good enough for me) but I just dont like buffed finishes and I didnt think it suited this old blade so I took it back to flat grey with ferric chloride, I had to take the etching out in order to remove some deep scratches in the blade sadly.

The other just needed a quick cleanup and is rescaled in stag antler dyed with potassium permanganate, after spending a good while cutting the scales I put it together and found the lead spacer Id used was too heavy and I ruined the finish on the wedge end so it came apart again and I made a new wedge out of leather, better now! One blade left to do.

Before



and after