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My finds
Been beaten in quite a few auctions recently, and the one I would have won I totally forgot about :rant:
Anyway, just got this, looks to have minimal hone wear - sheffield - 6/8 maybe? Should be an ok little restore - I need a sweedish blade and this is the only way I'm gunna be able to justify it lol.
http://i.ebayimg.com/22/!BT7LhkwB2k~...36DHnQ~~_1.JPG
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Nice! Are you going to leave it like that?
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Shine and hone that sucker up and send us some new pics!
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That's the plan!
From the F.A.Stokes works, never heard of them.
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Picked up another couple of sheffields on the off chance in an antique store today, this one will make a nice starter blade for some one:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/100_1222.jpg
This one I'll likely be keeping, I'd love to know more about it. La Petit from S.Hibert and Sons, Sheffield. It's tiny; 2 1/8 cutting edge. Shame one of the scales has snapped, but it's useable for now. I might make it my first rescale.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/100_1224.jpg
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Here's another one off the bay, looks to be ok as well. Should see someone alright once I'm polished it up and honed it.
http://i.ebayimg.com/12/!BT-rHkwCGk~...4Fvkn!~~_1.JPG
And here's the F.A Stokes ready to go:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/100_1229.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/100_1228.jpg
Turned out to be a massive 7/8, with a 3" blade. Much bigger than anything else I've owned or worked on. Was a joy to hone.