Finally the worst frost is behind us, offering some opportunity to start some restoration work again (no heated workshop for me).
This is a big hunk of a swede that I've been wanting to finish since late fall. Unfortunately I had a mishap with before pictures taken, so all I have now is the auction pic, please forgive the poor quality.
This is an old F. W. Söderén & Co. It came in (cracked) vulcanite scales. Almost no hone wear at all, in pretty good condition after the gunk was removed. Jimps on bottom.
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The only surviving pic of how it arrived in my care. The scales were cracked so they had to be replaced.
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I decided to keep the brass theme going, (the blade is lined with a strip of brass where it fits into the spine) so I went with double brass washers and pins, and also added some brass liners to the wedge.
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The blade is just a tad over 7/8 from edge to the back of the spine, at the widest point.
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A heavy spine on this thing. The wedge is made from a piece of the old scales, and the brass liners work nicely with the over all brass theme. I tried several times, this was the best pic I managed to get.
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I had not used G10 before, and despite this blade being rather heavy I opted for a fairly thin G10 plate (.58) as that was my only blue option. The brass liners help add some counterbalance to the heavy blade.
There were several firsts for me here, I had not used metal liners before, nor had I worked with G10. It did not provide any particular difficulties, in fact I had expected G10 to be harder to work than it was. But it was interesting all the same :)
It honed up in no time, and provided a nice smooth shave.
