my first restoration complete

I found a pretty rusty and chipped up Wade and Butcher at an antique store for a good price. The Horn scales were pretty rough and were flaking or delaminating. Made some new scales out of purple heart(i made a thread about that) and sanded the blade for many hours by hand. Put it all together with the original lead wedge, micro fastener steel washers, brass bushing and inside washers, and brass rod. My pinning skills and blade polishing skills need some serious work and I had to leave a lot of pitting in the blade to retain the etching, but its honed and shave ready.

original scales. interesting inlays on them.
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Good job!
Looks nice!
Many great shaves....

A great first restoration and thanks for the pics. Let this be the first of many restos...
Please tell us know how she shaves?
Sunbird

Very nice work. I wouldnt have wanted to loose that blade etch either.
Enjoy.
Grant

Nice, a job well done :tu

Looking good! Congrats on your first restore!

Well done, the only way you will learn is to tackle these restores head on, restoring is very simular to honing, the more you do the better you get.


Jamie.

You did a great job! Congrats!

We may love them all, but there is always something special about the first. Good job bro!

Well done!

Looks very nice! Nothing wrong with your polishing skills! Some battle scars add character! My great grandfather's W&B has plenty of battle scars, shaves nice and I wouldn't let it for for anything! (I've told my son it's his when I'm gone and the rest of the family can just do without)!:w

Thanks for the kind words, gents. I can't seem to get this blade as sharp as my Henckels that I have, I think it may have something to do with how thick the spine is.. it creates a very steep bevel.

Very good start. Good job!

excellent work!!