Thread: W.H. Morley and Sons

I'm going to send to my favorite honemeister cudarunner, Roy. His edges are buttery smooth.

Originally Posted by ChopperDave

Ok she is pinned. Question now is is, do I make it high gloss, or low? I'm thinkng,to match the blade... I'm quite proud of the outcome for my first attempt.

You should be, it's looking great.

Finished with the last coat of tung oil...

wonderful finished product, what did you do to clean the blade? hand sand?

I used 600 and 1200 grit wet sanding and finished with steel wool and Blue Magic, by hand. There is some pitting near the edge that has me a little concerned. I'm going to send it out to on of our honing experts here on SRP and pray that the steel close to the bevel will hold up...

I could have used lower grit sandpaper to start, but I didn't want to take off too much too fast and take a chance on messing up the geometry of the blade...

I also stayed off the etching as much as possible.