Found this boker with mother of pearl tang at a yard sale today. For $5 I couldn't pass it up, even with the broken scale and devil spit on the edge.
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Found this boker with mother of pearl tang at a yard sale today. For $5 I couldn't pass it up, even with the broken scale and devil spit on the edge.
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Nice find!
Very nice indeed. The etching is still strong on the blade. What does the other side of the blade look like?
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Quite a bit of devil spit on the edge on this side as well.
I have heard those came from the Waldorf Astoria.......
Nice find even if you can't clean up that edge. That blade etch is so strong!
I started working on honing the Waldorf and the scales broke the rest of the way. After rescaling it, it honed up incredibly easy and the devil spit on the edge near the toe doesn't seem to be effecting its sharpness. I'll know more once I test shave it later, but as of now I'm cautiously optimistic.:)
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I have the same situation with a Robeson. It’s shaved well for a long time before the pitting got to the edge after honing. It looks like a microchip with black stuff in it. Still seems to shave well, but I know I’m going to have to turn it into a shorty at some point.