Thread: Just finished my first blade restore

While at the Ohio get together I asked lots of questions, watched a lot of people and tried to absorb all I could. Armed with my new knowledge I set out to polish out my first blade. A petite J.A. Henckels that was brand new, never honed but neglected for years. I think it turned out quite well for my first attempt.

The other blade is representative of what it looked like when I got it. I was going to cut a nice set of wood scales for it, but it looks so darn nice that I may rescale it in an OEM set. So if anyone has a set of Henckels scales they would like to part with cheep, I am in the market. I was going to hone it and shave with it, but I think I will display case this one.