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You had some good luck finding an old Sheffie smiling wedge in that condition. Possibly a little metal polish will shine up the hone wear to match the rest. Yea, scales are a live and learn...

Did you polish the blade first before trying to measure? I can't believe on old Sheffield wedge would have no hone wear.

Bob

In the Excel file it says this "Measure width of blade from the tip of the edge to the hone-wear on the spine, including the width of that honewear" . There usually is a band of hone wear, some are...