Thread: My First Good Antique Shop Find

Just picked this up for £5, not bad





pics maybe a little small actually.. and crappy quality..

However what i have is a 5/8 joseph rodgers and suns, near wedge/wedge with barbers notch. Think the wedge is lead, rust up on the spin and round the pin under the scales but the edge and bevel looks super clean

The cleaning and honing should be no problem, but the scales are another matter. i think they're bone from the grain in them but as you can see they're cracked down near the wedge pin. If i can get them off in one piece would it be possible to stabilise this and then sand them down?

very thin scales too, but would love to save them

Cheers

Simon