Just got this in and looking forward to cleaning it up. Looks worse than it actually is as i just started cleaning it up a little and looks better already. Has some pretty cool scales that i think are wood and are in great shape.
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This is a pretty heavy blade as you can see from the wedge pic! Appears to be from around 1830-1850 so being that it's about 180 years old I think it survived pretty well. Gonna do a basic clean up and leave the patina ( it's a fetish of mine keeping them with their character:rock:) see how it hones and shaves!
BTW, how did they do the makers stamps that long ago? Looks like somebody hit it crooked and the left side is very light. Missing the J in James and i think the address is supposed to be 121 Allen but it's missing the first 1!
Any hints on cleaning it without removing the patina would be welcomed as well as any other tips and ideas!
Thanks for looking,
Newell