November 2021 Haul

[Wchnu]

My 8 year old son picked me up a Gem Featherweight for my birthday at an antique store with the money he gets from doing chores.

Here's what it looked like when he gave it to me. 




He hung out with me while I cleaned it up today. The top cap was a a little bit pitted plus I'm a bit jealous of Old Sarge and the bare brass top cap on his 1914 little lather catcher. The combination caused me to spend an inordinate amount of time hand sanding the top cap of the Featherweight down to bare brass. Here are the results.



BTW Old Sarge I never did ask how you got your top cap to bare brass. The finish doesn't look sanded.

Beautiful FW. And good times with the son!! Happy Birthday Too!!

 
  I just have to get the motivation to find a way to notch the back of the blade accurately. 
 

I have that problem covered and will give this a go when it arrives. Not sure what the exposure of the blade would have to do whether it is approved or not but King Fuzzy obviously has the final say. I never saw any benefit to the back side of the blade anyway as the angle was all off to use well. Only really stuck with using 1 side like a single edge. What say you Wchnu ?

Nope…..