Thread: My newest project

Been looking for a barbers notch to restore for a while. I came across this at a pretty good price and took a chance. It's a 6/8 with bone scales and is in a lot better condition than I thought it would be . The scales have an integral wedge, witch confused me a little as I've only seen this with plastic, but I tested them and they're definitely horn. The scales need some help, but they should be savable. They're slightly translucent now, so I can't wait to see them polished. There's only a couple of pin point pits on one side of the blade and a few more on the spine. The tang has some mild rust around the pivot, so I'll be unpinning it. But, I'm probably not going to do much to the blade. There's very little hone wear and it has an even bevel. The tang stamp indicates 1900 to around 1950 manufacture (if anyone can narrow that window a little...). The tang stamp is Wade & Butcher over Sheffield England over a circled B and an arrow with four fletches pointing to a maltese cross. Got a couple of projects ahead of this one, but I'll probably be asking for some advice in the workshop when I start. Pictures below.