Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by outback

[emoji51] No points here!!

Did you mean that pun? Cause if not, still funny, hehe.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Steve,, I should have just sent you the blade
Appreciate all the energies spent..

Mike, I would rather you do it yourself. I just couldn't see sending the scales in the scratched up condition they were in. I would rather you get all the "glory" of it all!

Originally Posted by engine46

Mike, I agree, it would be too short.

Too short? Oh nonsense, I've seen a shorty with a 1" blade! Lol but I guess if it's too short I'll need to send another one, but the next one will have a 1 6/8" blade! Muahahahahaha!

Originally Posted by outback

[emoji51] scary, seen a couple vids of guys shaving with shorties like that.

They needed mike there to sew their faces back together [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

The one had his shaped like a single edged razor blade, being his was broke at heal and toe.
If he wasn't carving his face with the heal, it was the toe.....
And he just kept going, like a idiot..? No points here!!

Oh man, people turn into Sensitive Sallys when you sew their faces!
Hey Mike, you gonna post a pic of that brush? I've been shamelessly chomping at the bit to show the final finish!
Lol

Thanks for all the advise.

You can see the how much metal I had to remove to get the black pits.

With hindsight I should have taken a different route .However, I will clean it up fully and use it. I love the line it follows along the top. A slight smile and then arches at the tang. I've never liked 5/8ths but this one is good looking and quite heavy considering its size. I have a Dovo 5/8ths that I cant stand.

Tomorrow I will try a scourer with engine de greaser on the 6/8ths it has 2 deep black pits ,so far.

I've put a few hours in tonight on one side of the 6/8ths blade. Its near enough flat, shoulder to edge, I think from honing but I will get an edge on it.
How would you guys tackle this etching, I really want preserve it.


6/8th Etching


The flip side


Butchered Wade & Butcher


Edit:That crack in that blade is in the middle of the blade at the edge. Its a write off.

Originally Posted by MikeT

Too short? Oh nonsense, I've seen a shorty with a 1" blade! Lol but I guess if it's too short I'll need to send another one, but the next one will have a 1 6/8" blade! Muahahahahaha!

MikeT, I didn't mean that in a bad way! I was just looking at the blade in reference to the scales but I know he would have to make a set of scales for it. I wouldn't dare cut those down with the inlay. I have the W&B I showed awhile back, might be in a different thread also but it is at about 2' & I have a Schrade I shortened to about 2 1/4.

Originally Posted by JOB15

Thanks for all the advise.

You can see the how much metal I had to remove to get the black pits.

With hindsight I should have taken a different route .However, I will clean it up fully and use it. I love the line it follows along the top. A slight smile and then arches at the tang. I've never liked 5/8ths but this one is good looking and quite heavy considering its size. I have a Dovo 5/8ths that I cant stand.

Tomorrow I will try a scourer with engine de greaser on the 6/8ths it has 2 deep black pits ,so far.

I've put a few hours in tonight on one side of the 6/8ths blade. Its near enough flat, shoulder to edge, I think from honing but I will get an edge on it.
How would you guys tackle this etching, I really want preserve it.


6/8th Etching


The flip side


Butchered Wade & Butcher

If it is an acid etch, to you are very limited to what you can do with it. I wish I could find a thread on here that shows how to preserve an acid etch. It might be in this thread in an earlier post. I once used some 0000 steel wool & some WD40 or a penetrating oil so that it helps clean the blade w/o removing the etch but I would do it very lightly & see if it helps any. I need to see if I can find that article.

Hey JOB15, you mean the etching on the tang? The W&B later on didnt have the deep stamps, and so you end up having to just leave the pitting on the tang alone. If it has rust there are rust removing solvents that work great to take the rust away without having to remove metel.
Looking good, those deep pits can be a pita being that the greaseless compound on grinder like to dig those pits out instead of level..

Looks like he got the reply out first... lol

Originally Posted by engine46

MikeT, I didn't mean that in a bad way! I was just looking at the blade in reference to the scales but I know he would have to make a set of scales for it. I wouldn't dare cut those down with the inlay.

I know, I was just joking around.
But the inlay would not need to go right? Couldnt it be cut down from the pivot? Now I need to go back and look, I was sure it could be saved... ?

Edit: Just went back and looked, hell yeah the inlay will be saved. just cut a bit down from the pivot... It will look great.

I don't think its acid etching. Doubt if they had acid back then

It dosnt say England so I think that means its early.

Plus the stamp is all over the place.

Just to the right of the lettering is some deep rust and I know there will be pitting there.



Edit. The really bad part will be covered by the scales. sweet

Okay!!!
I just finished... finally. Ive been having a hard time getting free time lately. I gotta go out to dinner but want to get these pics on here first.
Blade: W&B Celebrated FBU
Scales: 3700 year old Bog Wood
Wedge: Mammoth and brass sandwich
Salvaged Brass Collars
Hope you guys like it! The edge is not honed yet.