My Aunt sent me my grandfathers straights for Xmas. 2 straights and a hone. My Aunt thinks there were 2 more straights and a strop but she didn't find them, this last visit up to the old homestead. He died over 30 years ago and it has all been sitting in their old place up in the mountains of BC so I was not expecting them to be in nearly as good shape as they are. However they appear to just need a touching up honing to get started. The one on the top is a Boker King Cutter and the one on the bottom is a Sanssouci. The hone is a Pike Koenig.
The scales on the sanssouci are a little warped and I will have to think about best way to repair them. Ill post pics later on. I was thinking probably the best way would be to remove the scales and place them on something very flat slowly turning up the heat in the oven till the plastic gets a bit soft and they flatten out. Does that sound like practical plan to anyone?
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