German hollow ground

**mikew** · 05-13-2010, 04:28 PM

Here is one I finished recently. The blade was in bad shape so it took a fair bit of work to make it shine again. The scales are ebony finished with Danish oil then a bees wax based polish. The wedge is bone and the pins and washers are brass.

Oh and I can see why most of the restorations on here a photographed before honing, it's dangerous work doing it after!

**Troggie** · 05-13-2010, 05:36 PM

Very nice.. what kind of ebony did you use..I have not seen any with a brown hue to it before.

**gssixgun** · 05-13-2010, 05:38 PM

That one came out really nice... Classic lines and looks like very tight craftsmanship...

Yeah I take photos right after they come in from the shop, and before they go upstairs to be honed.. One it's safer, and two I managed to ding a freshly honed edge once doing pics,

and that was it for me...

**JimmyHAD** · 05-13-2010, 05:56 PM

Very nice indeed. It is always cool to see before and after pix though. The contrast is so much more apparent. Great job though.

**Scipio** · 05-13-2010, 06:19 PM

Superb job. What were the old scales like? I once had one very similar, with yellowish scales that said 'Imp' in a silver inlay within a red circle.

**mikew** · 05-13-2010, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Troggie

Very nice.. what kind of ebony did you use..I have not seen any with a brown hue to it before.

All I can tell you is it is called striped ebony. I have a fairly large piece of it and some parts are more "striped" than others. Ebony is often died to give a pure black.

Thanks for the kind comments.

**Troggie** · 05-13-2010, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by mikew

All I can tell you is it is called striped ebony. I have a fairly large piece of it and some parts are more "striped" than others. Ebony is often died to give a pure black.

Thanks for the kind comments.

Thanks I will have to look around for it as I like that look quite a bit over the solid black ebony I have currently.

**ben.mid** · 05-13-2010, 07:45 PM

That does look good. The scales look just right for it.

**mikew** · 05-14-2010, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by Scipio

Superb job. What were the old scales like? I once had one very similar, with yellowish scales that said 'Imp' in a silver inlay within a red circle.

Thanks. When I got it it had already beed re scaled with something I can best describe as tartan effect plastic (nice). I really should have taken some before shots.

**Stubear** · 05-14-2010, 08:48 AM

Wow, thats great work..! I really love wood scales and these look really good!

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