Thread: Restoration #1 - Greaves & Sons in Horn w/Bone Wedge

This is my first restore. I left some pitting on the tang and a couple deep spots on the blade for some character and age, but cleaned up everything else.

The scales are buffalo horn. They were the same slab but so much different on each side. One is much more gold and the other is much darker brown.

Pins are nickel and the wedge (it does taper, but only a little), is made of some left over giraffe bone.

The blade measures 13/16 - 11/16 from toe to heel respectively. The age is a guesstimate of 1820-1860. You can see a ripple on the show side of the blade, I will polish it a little more to remove that.

***Next attempt is going to be either a Joseph Elliot's 3/4 Half Hollow - or - John Elliot Celebrated Smiling Wedge (both 1821-1854), set in Giraffe Bone scales**