Lately I've put the custom restoration a side and have been working mostly on original restores, not much to show off really, but this one I wanted to share. Picked this up for $17 at a huge thrift market last weekend, it's a unbranded 7/8 Sheffield, almost full wedge. The blade was in desent shape and the scales looked quite nice except for a small crack on the reverse scale, that was untill I unpinned it.... The reverse scale I didn't even try to rescue so I made a new one, but the front I was determined to save. It had several cracks, a huge pice of the inside had fell off and by the wedge pin the bone had splitted. I left it soaking in almond oil for 48 hrs before I cleaned it and sanded it down, carefully cut off the loose pieces, and sanded some more. Then I rebuilt the missing parts using epoxy, came out surprisingly well actually The text on the scales was pressed into the horn, but 150-160 years of wear have made it kinda shallow, so to get the gold back in the lettering I couldn't just fill it with paint and wipe off the excessive, I had to repaint every single letter using a 0,2mm brush, I think this process alone took me about 1,5 hrs, it's not perfect, but I'm happy with it. The blade was buffed to 320 grit and left at a satin finish. Before: After: Thanks for looking
