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Actually it felt very soft, and when I cleaned it the tail is a shiny brass color and appears to be 2 layers. :thinking: The blade itself seems normal (shiny silvery steel), I'm in the process of...

OK, I put it in the vise and tightened up enough to get it close, then set it on top and tapped it relatively straight (no heat). Straight enough to go through the scales, :y so now I just need to...

That's what I was thinking, just looking for other opinions. Yeah, I'm kinda leery about burning it. I'll take a hammer to it this evening and see how it goes; it shouldn't take much to make it...

Guess experimentation is the only way to go - I was hoping for a 'voice of experience' but no such luck.

Lo and behold, look what the mailman brought me today! On the left is a beautiful Joseph Elliot, no problems there. But on the right is a Clark & Hall I picked up for a song - it's in fine shape for...