Thread: 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.
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.

11/16 blade width shy of that at the heel. Thanks for looking gents

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.

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

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.

Sounds easy and reasonable. Thank you sir ill be posting pics

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.

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.

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.

Can't get a clear pic and I've tried all I can.
There is one star you can see clearly

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.

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.