Hello all,
I recently picked up a D C Halsted at an antique shop and am curious if anyone out there can give me an idea as to the age of it.
It is a 6/8 french point and says "Old English Razor" on one of the scales. The tang stamp reads: Manufactured by D. C. Halsted Sheffield.
The blade is in great shape with no pitting and only took about 15 minutes to polish up to mirror shiny!
One of the scales is broken off at the rear pin and I plan on having this be my first re-scaling attempt.
I make knives as a hobby from forging the blade to making the handle and stitching the sheath so I don't think I can screw up the rescale too badly. And if I do, I can send it out to be redone. I have some Black Walnut left from a knife handle that I think would look pretty cool on the razor.
Anyway, any help on estimating the age would be appreciated.
I see that denmason restored one a while back (beautiful by the way).
Thanks in advance,
Larry