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I would love to know exactly what the connection is but haven't gotten a chance to personally research it yet.

The dots were there independently of the rust (which was more toward the top of the blade). They are (to my most likely guess) put there by acid etching, which was common at the time. I imagine this...

Some more shots playing with better lighting and some composition.

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I agree it's directly related to him, but whether it was in gift or homage I'm not sure.

That helps. Especially when you can sell of some WB FBUs to fund them..

Most of them come from the internet. If you are a little search savvy and don't mind devoting an obscene amount of time to snooping around, it's not too difficult...

Thaeris - it is the same Gavet. And your frameback is glorious. A note with it says that family tradition attributes it to king Louis XVIII, but I find those kind of family traditions to be generally...

Small pieces of steel wool, tweezers, and a magnifying glass. And a lot of patience.

Bertrand Malvaux. For the tail, maybe. It seems to be a fairly nonreactive metal. I don't think I want to do any tests on it though.

I will definitely hone it and try shaving. The edge is already in great shape, otherwise I would not rework it to try to make it shave ready.

From the wild of the internet I picked this one up recently, and it's probably the topper of my collection so far. I'm assuming it's from Charles Gavet, cutler to the King in 1814 (rather than his...