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Thread: W&B Question
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09-17-2015, 12:46 AM #11
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09-17-2015, 12:52 AM #12
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Thanked: 4827Some of those pits are just the beauty marks of time. I love true patina, but it is rarely patina that we see on blades. I little pitting is ok with me. What I don't like is the dark and black spots that are just a form of rust. You can take it off and owlish up the steel and it leaves behind pitting, which is healthy and will not grow over time and destroy a blade.
It's not what you know, it's who you take fishing!
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09-17-2015, 12:54 AM #13
That AND you can make a razor unusable as-sanding too much.
Listen to Rez. He is old, wise!"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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09-17-2015, 12:57 AM #14
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Thanked: 4827I have ruined a full hollow or two by over sanding.
I am not that old!
Engraving is important.
It is way easier to take it off than put it back.It's not what you know, it's who you take fishing!
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09-17-2015, 12:58 AM #15
There is only one dot with a dark spot, that sucka's gonna get it tomorrow .
One thing I'm not happy about is that the scales I've bought (the originals were knackered) are dark horn with a dark horn wedge.
The wedge looks rubbish, I want the original lead wedge in there but its too small. Can I buy lead for a wedge?
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09-17-2015, 01:01 AM #16
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09-17-2015, 01:02 AM #17
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Thanked: 4827Lead is the easiest material of all to make a wedge out of. It is very inexpensive as well and readily available where fishing tackle is sold. I buy it in small rolls where the round lead is about the size of a pencil. Take a piece and hit it with a hammer and it becomes a wedge. The taper of the wedge must match the taper of the tang, or they scales will not flex through the motion of the blade and the tension will not be even and the pin will not stay tight.
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09-17-2015, 01:02 AM #18
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09-17-2015, 01:07 AM #19
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09-17-2015, 02:37 AM #20