Put the S. Crookes & Son back together tonight. I felt like I could have done more to the scales but I just really needed to get this thing finished...ANYTHING finished really. I have too many in the drawer partly done and I am literally running out of room in it. Same scales, wedge and collars except for one that was missing on the pivot end. Fortunately I had plenty that match.
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I talked about filling the oversized pin hole but the pivot hole in the blade was a little enormous also so I decided to sleeve the holes in the scales right through the blade.
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That also helped to center the blade so no more funky washer under the scale. I don't like the way that looks anyway.
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I managed to keep the blade a hair over 8/8 and keep the bevel angle right even with all the sanding to get rid of the pits and hone wear not to mention those really deep scratches on the blade face from a previous sanding attempt.
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Over all I'm happy, if for no other reason than to take one off my list.
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After:
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I think that streaked and sunburst horn looks good on that blade.
Now to hone that bad boy up and test shave it.