Thread: Henckels and Ben Hur in Cocobolo

I finished my 3rd and 4th restorations. I used Cocobolo that I sourced from Woodcraft. I made the designs myself. I really like the Ben Hur, with the notch for the finger. The Henckels I did traditional. The original scales on both were cheap looking plastic (not celluloid). Th wedge on the Ben Hur I actually used a piece of the original scale. The Henckels has its' original white wedge. I sanded both by hand, from 100 grit to 1000 grit. Then I soaked them overnight in Tung oil. Sanded them again with 1000 grit. Then wiped on another layer of tung oil. Then finished with Meguiars car polish.
The Ben Hur was given to me by a friend, it was quite pitted. Because of the etching on the blade I did not take it completely to pit freestarting with 600 grit on up to 2000 grit. The Henckels I got off eBay, and was in pretty nice shape. I restored the blade with 1k, 1500 and 2k sandpaper, then some Mother's polish, and some jewelers paste.
I used Brass 0-80 washers from microfasteners.com, and a 1/16" brass rod from a local hobby shop. The peening is not up to the quality of some of the guys here, but still my best work. The blades are snug and centered.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Ben Hur:

Henckels:


The Ben Hur before:

Henckels left, Ben Hur right

The Ben Hur: