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Thank you very much! It's true, I didn't set any speed records restoring this one. Plus, it just sat in my half-done-to-do pile for too long. Now that it's finished I couldn't be happier with it. ...

Thank you, much appreciated! I did the work by hand and once I got the blade was cleaned up to a near mirror I went and did the finish on the faces with different grits sandpaper dry and then oiled...

Thanks! Yeah there's not much info but the way "instanter" was used like an adverb like "immediately" is interesting. For example from the London and Paris Observer 1833, "The person who kills a...

Thanks!! I would also love to hear about history on Instanter. There are a couple threads with a few different ones pictured but I've not found specific info about the maker yet.

Thanks, yes the collars are made from brass tubing hammered into domes in a jig. If anyone is interested, there are pictures and descriptions of what I use to make them in post #15 in this thread...

I just finished restoring this old Instanter Patent-Tempered. I used horn scales, brass wedge, homemade brass dome collars and nickel silver pins. This has been a bit of a "back burner" project for...