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W. Greaves & Sons
My Greaves just arrived and its cooler in person! Headed out to grab neats foot for the scales. For its vintage I think it's in great shape. Im guessing 1810 - 1820's but that's just based on similar items I can compare to. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...89cec8b0d3.jpg
A bit of a wonky bevel and the scratching on the blade makes me believe someone has been after it with power tools. I don't think these are factory marks.
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11/16 blade width shy of that at the heel. Thanks for looking gents
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It looks like you should be able to get this little beauty cleaned up and ready for another 150 years of work without too much elbow grease. A prime candidate for a patina treatment once you have it deeply cleaned. With those scales it would look great. Who am I kidding though it is a beauty and will look great no matter what.
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Just picked up neats foot which I have never used so im curious to see what it will do. Gonna think on this one because I dont want to mess anything up. Thanks Shaun
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My technique varies from tossing the whole works onto a ziplock and soak it full submerged to slithering it on with a q-tip. In any event I let it soak in for 24 hours, then wipe it down and asses to see if I want to go for a second treatment or not.
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Sounds easy and reasonable. Thank you sir ill be posting pics :)
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Shaun I just noticed with this blade there is an etch on the blade. So hard to see im gonna see if I can make it out then draw a pic and share it.
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I have to agree on the power tool marks. Looks like something skipped across it. Great find. I'd love to pick-up something that old some day. Good luck and enjoy the adventure in restoring something that old! And I've never done it but I agree that a patina would be best on something of that age.
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Im sitting and just looking at it now wondering where to head. Sanding or what. I just dont know where I want to start. I'd like to keep it pinned as is as well.
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Can't get a clear pic and I've tried all I can. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4254882bc0.jpg
There is one star you can see clearly
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This is a bad drawing of what I can see under magnification. Just spotted this etch because I got it in the right light and angle.
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I feel your dating is good my friend, being that early it seems possible that the etching was something like "Cast Steel" in between stars or asterisks.
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