This post I warn is going to be slightly random. It was meant to be a project for tomorrow, but I started this evening, so not finished yet...
I was talking to a friend's father last weekend, and apparently back in the day he used to make knives out of old sheep shears (can you see where this is going?)
This is what they look like:
There's a lot of sheep farming near where we are and our local seconds/antique shop furnished me with this set for the princely sum of $12 Aus (and a beaten up old mallet for a fiver). Bonus being they were Sheffield made, by the aforementioned Ward & Payne. It wasn't until then that I had clocked the etymology of 'Shear Steel'.
Bit of hacksaw-ing and they look quite like small-ish Debas. Tho the tang / handle looks like it's going to be the problem.
After some vinegar and bicarb they're looking alright, and ready for trying to figure out what to do tomorrow:
I was talking to a friend's father last weekend, and apparently back in the day he used to make knives out of old sheep shears (can you see where this is going?)
This is what they look like:
There's a lot of sheep farming near where we are and our local seconds/antique shop furnished me with this set for the princely sum of $12 Aus (and a beaten up old mallet for a fiver). Bonus being they were Sheffield made, by the aforementioned Ward & Payne. It wasn't until then that I had clocked the etymology of 'Shear Steel'.
Bit of hacksaw-ing and they look quite like small-ish Debas. Tho the tang / handle looks like it's going to be the problem.
After some vinegar and bicarb they're looking alright, and ready for trying to figure out what to do tomorrow:
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