Thread: Wade and Butcher FBU

Picked this up recently. Haven't done anything to it yet. It has some very strange wear I don't quite understand.

Looks as if a wedge reground more concave back in the day. The single stabilizer up close is a giveaway.
Should shave great!

Are you talking about the corrosion where the blade touches the scales up near the spine, toe end ?

Otherwise looks like one of the straightest I've seen.

Looks like a bit of 'Ghost grind' at the tip. Could be the grinder went in a bit too high and narrow on a pass, decided something needs to be changed, and tried to duplicate it on the other side, went on to do a fair job. Should not mean squat. I would breadboard the brute to my smiling preference, put at least 2 layers on the spine. Light, worn DMT honed. Onward and forward!

A video showing all the quirks of this blade. Best is that failed third pin hole that is too far back so the tail would never have had clearance to open the blade fully.

Agree with Tom. Looks like the marks are some remnants of a regrind.
That 3rd pin was not thought out too carefully.

Looks pretty straight as I thought. Should hone without much difficulty.

You could possibly craft a thin wedge to give ideal depth on closing & then fill those 3rd pin holes.