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Thanks for the very kind words, compliments and encouragement from all. It's a real gift to be able to share with you guys on here, you have great passion and enthusiasm as well as knowledge and...

Thanks, I really appreciate it. Good question about the process. I worked sanding by hand from low grit to high to get the pitting and corrosion out. I went as low as 150 for a while there, but I...

Thanks for the explanation about "cold shot". Looks exactly like you describe.

I don't think it's John Barber.... I think the maker is likely exactly who John Barber was worried about making...

Thanks, Karl, I appreciate it! The forging flaw doesn't bother me, I figure it's been ok for a couple hundred years that way so to me it's just part of this particular blade, is what it is. I would...

Thanks, Martin! :beer1: I finally get to shave with a "spurious and inferior imitation"... well, according to John Barber anyway :rofl2: I must say that it does not seem inferior in any way so...

Yeah, I remained undecided on the issue of what to do about the etch for a long time, just put it in a drawer. I realized that it wasn't doing anyone any good the way it was so I made up my mind to...

OK, honey horn with stainless steel dome collars (from Austin), brass pins, lead wedge and a satin finish on the blade faces. Newly honed and ready to go, can't wait!...

I found this blade at a flea market in the spring of 2016 and almost 2 years later now I finally got around to working on it. It's an Isaac Barber stub tail that was in pretty rough shape with...