Big W&B

[mycarver]

I just wrapped up this 15/16 W&B. The sketchy part of work of this sort is not damaging the script on the blade at the same time trying to remove the pitting and rust to preserve this beauty. And keeping as much of the makers mark on the spine
I took the blade as far as I dare.
There was a thought of trying to keep the scales,, but with the damage on them I felt they would not look quite right with a nicer blade. So I duplicated them to less than .05" matching taper over their length.
Then to was the concern with matching the original washers. Keeping them was an option but how many decades took their toll. So I made new triple stacks matching the thickness of the original washers as well. I'm guessing the washers looked somewhat like this when they were new.
I guess the biggest difference is the mirror polish on the inside of the scales which I'm sure isn't original. But i have my compulsions!