fshalor
NES Member
So, a Family Item has been passed down to a generation. Discovered in ~ 1950 in a major city demolition project, it was a naked dagger blade in a pile of rubish without a handle.
Some time in the 50-70's a handle was added to it in a basement shop. It was sharpened, maybe once.
As of 2021, I pulled it out of a leather sheath it's sat in for the last 20 years, with no treatmenant, and it was not bad. I was able to do a little feathersticking with it to see how the edge was.
Took the handle off to investigate the nature of the carnage. I think the cross guard is fake/added by someone in the 50's (or earlier). Original blade has no markings.
Is this worth trying to fashion a handle for? G10 scales, something simple off-the-shelf?
The steal sticking out of the end of the stub is solidi to the blade, the handguard.crossguard thing is different metal/make and is loose.
Blade has ZERO flex doing simple point-into-wood drill tests.
I'm thinking it's worth a weekenend fashoining a moden handle and adapting it, even if some small welding is needed on the stub of the tang. Maybe even shorten the blade slightly from the end to make the adaptation work properly and look good. The goal would be for something complete to stick in the safe as part of history. Not a working tool.
Thoughts?
I'm hoping to not touch the blade, other than refreshing the edge and polishing at all. The fake guard should probably go.
Some time in the 50-70's a handle was added to it in a basement shop. It was sharpened, maybe once.
As of 2021, I pulled it out of a leather sheath it's sat in for the last 20 years, with no treatmenant, and it was not bad. I was able to do a little feathersticking with it to see how the edge was.
Took the handle off to investigate the nature of the carnage. I think the cross guard is fake/added by someone in the 50's (or earlier). Original blade has no markings.
Is this worth trying to fashion a handle for? G10 scales, something simple off-the-shelf?
The steal sticking out of the end of the stub is solidi to the blade, the handguard.crossguard thing is different metal/make and is loose.
Blade has ZERO flex doing simple point-into-wood drill tests.
I'm thinking it's worth a weekenend fashoining a moden handle and adapting it, even if some small welding is needed on the stub of the tang. Maybe even shorten the blade slightly from the end to make the adaptation work properly and look good. The goal would be for something complete to stick in the safe as part of history. Not a working tool.
Thoughts?
I'm hoping to not touch the blade, other than refreshing the edge and polishing at all. The fake guard should probably go.