Thread: The Butchered Blade

Too cloudy up here now as well. Saw the start of it though

Clouds left at the start and have stayed away till after the total.. Second one I've seen in all these years!
Hope most of you did get to enjoy it!
~Richard

Maybe the next one. Think it's 18 years away or so.
Glad you got to see it Richard.

So the ink and epoxy worked much better than the horn dust did. Quite happy with the blending this time round and may go back to the first one and redo it sometime.
The scales are in a little ziplock bag with neetsfoot overnight but as Tom foresaw I should have this one done tomorrow. Pics to follow once it's all wiped down.
Not sure what collars I will go with. This one didn't have the stacked ones originally, but they really do kind of suit this style of blade so not sure. Although with that inlay, maybe nickel is better and small washers again.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Eclipse started 8:11 Central Time Zone, full eclipse 9:11. Lasts till @11.

Mere in Minnesota.

Cool photos! Thanks for posting them.
I missed the second half, including the full eclipse, due to clouds.

On the restoration front I only got about an hour and a half of hand sanding accomplished these past few days. It was a busy weekend so I didn't get as much time to work on the Reynolds or study up on the new Dremel. I did make it to the hardware store to buy some 200 grit wet and dry paper today. There is what looks like really fine pitting on the blade which is slowing things up.

200 is pretty extreme. It is tough to decide though without having the blade in hand. A lot of that stuff is hard to see in pictures through a satin or matte finish. I am working on a set of scales and trying to get a little honing done.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Maybe the next one. Think it's 18 years away or so.
Glad you got to see it Richard.

So the ink and epoxy worked much better than the horn dust did. Quite happy with the blending this time round and may go back to the first one and redo it sometime.
The scales are in a little ziplock bag with neetsfoot overnight but as Tom foresaw I should have this one done tomorrow. Pics to follow once it's all wiped down.
Not sure what collars I will go with. This one didn't have the stacked ones originally, but they really do kind of suit this style of blade so not sure. Although with that inlay, maybe nickel is better and small washers again.

As-promised, Mike, here are my 2 together. The bottom one and the bottom of the top one have original brass pins, brass double-stack collars. As you can see, both have that 'wedgeless' or 'integral' wedge at the bottom.



Some of AJKenne's silver ones would look nice with that silver inlay on yours, I think?
Sort of as I did on mine earlier in this thread? Just a thought.....

Yes, definitely AJKenne's silver ones would look the part. Don't think I have any of those ones left though. Time to reorder.

Love the increased detail in your inlay Tom, Going to zoom in on it to see areas mine has faded.

Added another dollop of neetsfoot to the baggie this AM before work as the scales absorbed the initial tablespoon overnight.
Looking nice and solid once again. Will do some prefit testing after work and post the results.

Cheers. gents, and happy Monday to all!

So I have a test piece I steel-wooled, slathered on some Sharpie, and Tru-oiled in stages along with my scales.
I micromeshed it from 3200 down to 12000, polished with Maas. Looks promising?



As in the test-piece, lots of bubbles in the scales. In steel-wooling between coats, lots came off but I hope enough remains to get a good and somewhat even job. Some low spots will remain, still shiny, but I hope all will blend in with the polish.

Someone could coat, sand, polish, be dissatisfied, steel wool, coat, almost forever, it seems!





One coat of TruOil on the backsides. The lead wedge is still along for the ride!