Thread: First Restoration

Well, it's finally time to try out this whole restoration thing. I've picked my victim...er, subject, and am ready to go. I hope you guys can provide a lot of insight and advice 'cause i'm pretty sure I'll need it. Here is the project:

Wade&Butcher 7/16 with Barber's notch. The blade looks to be in good shape. It has quite a bit of patina and staining. You can tell it was closed up for a while because the coloring is different where the blade was in the scales. I'm still not that good at eyeballing the grind but it appears to be a near wedge or 1/4 hollow. The spine is slightly hollow and the edge is slightly smiling. The scales appear to be an ivory looking plastic of some type with some pretty interesting scrollwork. Here are a couple of before shots taken from my cell phone so the quality isn't the best but it should give you a good idea of what I'm starting with.