Thread: 1700s Gronstrand pair in ivory

Here's the pair after some cleaning. I unpinned them and sanded to get the active rust off. I approximated a glaze finish on the tangs and crocus on the blades. Upon taking them apart, there was about a 0.5-1 mm dip in the steel before the point that was covered by the scales, so they'd had some drastic reshaping done, but I'm not sure if they'd ever been unpinned. There's also a slight angle change on the bottom of the tang, which usually happens when a shoulder is cut in, but in this case I think these blades were much bigger originally.