So I went to a local antique store and found this little gem today.


J.R. Torrey. Not much rust except on the tang, right between the scales where it's hard to get off. The scales are in decent shape except for where someone scratched a letter a long time ago (I couldn't figure out how to get a good shot of that tonight without my wife finding out what I bought, I might try tomorrow). It even came with a box (albeit beat the heck up)

It centers pretty well in the scales. Sometime in the next night or two I'll have to get my sandpaper out and start trying to not butcher the blade in the process. I'm even thinking I might get adventurous and try to rescale it.

Have any of you guys ever used the Testors sanding film? I've got some sitting around from another project and was thinking it might be a bit better than standard sandpaper.