Thread: The Butcher Shop

Can't believe I haven't put mine in here yet. Here is one that Maxi did up for me. It's a 6/8" Hollow ground W&B, streaked horn scales and a bone wedge.

My newest W&B, a full (and I mean FULL, heaviest wedge I ever honed) wedge, super old (1850's?) basically a very crude, rough, thick and heavy old wedge.

It basically took 3 days to restore it to this condition. It only had some patina, very few pits and a nasty tang. 2 days in the brass polisher, one evening to scale it (the blade has a grind lean to the right side, making scale selection harder). I had to DMT the edge to get out some nasty waves from it's previous life which totally removed bevel in many areas. I worked for probably 3-3 1/2 hours just to get an even bevel. After that she honed up wonderfully. It shaved great! It got its maiden test within 1 hour of finishing it. Smooth as glass.. These big old wedges give very little feedback.

Thanks to Sharptonn, whom I made a trade with to get a really nice 9/16 Spike to complete my 7 day set with, who threw in a bunch of blades along with it, all wedges, that needed restoration and scales. This was one of them, and IMO the best of the bunch!! Thanks Tom!!!