Twisted Oak's Ongoing Restorations Thread

[TwistedOak]

Okay here's a nice John C. Cockhill wedge. Sanded only the spine, shank, and tail because I wanted to leave the original grind marks present on the face even though there were some stray scratches. I traded out the "original" black/yellow horn with a darker mottled horn I had hanging around. I did this because the yellow scales actually have a very faint "Wade" still visibly stamped into them, so I will reuse them on an actually W&B restore. Brass pins and washers, original plastic wedge. Enjoy!

As purchased:


New scales and cleanup:



luckily they centered well without much adjustment


The pivot ends were really thrashed up (not by me), but I didn't mind



This blade is posing a slight problem honing... it is warped in the center so I am having trouble hitting the backside middle 1/3 of the blade. I will try a few techniques I researched tonight and hopefully I'll get it right.

I think I'll do a pair (or triplets) of heavy grind bone razors next...

[TurbineBlade]

Great work and fantastic job on the restorations, looks excellent.