Thread: Question on 1st Restoration

Well I aquired this Sheffield from BKratchmer at the meet yesterday. It was, IS in very bad shape but we talked a little about what it needed(s)...

I'm very bad at taking the "Before" and "After" pic's, but Ben can attest to the shape of the blade...

First off you will all "cringe" when I tell you that I put on my bench grinder with a wire wheel, but there was LOT'S of rust...

The blade was already short and whom ever did it, managed to grind off things that shouldn't been ground off... Like some of the markings...

I just checked the blade and there is a "smile" and not a frown.

After I hit it with the wheel, I used my small sander with some 320 grit wd paper... shined it up nice.

Now... the question...

I noticed the pin hole is oblong... what do I need to do when it comes time to pin it in the scales? I'm guessing that with a larger hole than 1/16" there will be some "slop"...

Do I move up in pin size or what?

P.S.: The blade never got above "warm" and the deer antler in the top pic is what I'm planning to use for the scales...