Thread: My Prague score - Wusthof 4/8

While visiting Prague, I decided to pop into one antique shop and after looking at a few over honed straights, the guy pulled out a little black box... which read Ed. Wusthof - Solingen. I really liked the inset trident in the scales, so we made a deal... I offered him 400 krowns (about $20).

There are a few rust spots, and needs to be touched up with some polish, but it seems like it has never been honed past the factory. It says 42 4/8 Paris on one side of the tang, with just the trident on the other. I generally like bigger blades, but I figured I would give a 4/8 a shot.

It seems like smaller blades dominated in Central Europe, because that is the majority that I find here.

I am looking forward to getting it honed and trying it out when I get back to Canada. What do you guys think? Not a bad find?