Quote Originally Posted by DwarvenChef View Post
ARRGGHH!! Just started (ok started again) on the Clark and Hall oldie (1790's) and noticed s bit of rot in the edge that will require at least 1/8" of edge removal... I really don't want to remove so much metal from the edge of such an old piece... but I also really want to shave with it... /cry As I think on it I believe I stopped working on it last year because I found the problems and didn't want to deal with it at the time... Now I just have to make a decision as to what I want to do with it...
Dude, 1/8 " sounds like more than a bit of rot.
Hope it comes out a winner for you.