I've got some old Sheffield steel hanging around;

This big ol W&B wedge





The good new on this big fella is that it shaves like mad, whiskers run from it in abject fear. But... it's partly sanded (some by me, some by it's former owner) and has scales that are cracked/broken. It still holds together with no problem, but stuff like that bugs me.

Question is --- leave it alone? Sand for another 5 or 6 hours? Try to buff out the pitting? Rescale? (I've never done a rescale, but it's coming this week) Punt? Sell it? I can never make real decisions, it's plagued me my whole life.

Then there's this -- Thomas McGivern and Co. -- it looks like the former owner aattacked it with a Dremel (Die, Dremel, Die!). Scales are excellent but the bevel and the spine wear is all over the place. Drives me crazy.





I've been considering stealing the scales from this for the W&B. I'd appreciate any input on these old beasts.