Bemused said:I don't have a razor hone but have touched the blade up a little with an engineers diamond hone which is a little to course for the job but it has removed a couple of pits from the blade edge leaving a nice clean straight edge.
I used the same hone to remove some heavy pitting from the back of the blade and the back now just needs polishing to restore.
I have rubbed the whole with some scotch bright and turpentine and its has cleaned up quit well but I think the scales will need to come off to allow a good buffing. The scales are in great condition with no chips at all.
So I would appreciate a recommendation for a useable hone and advice on removing the rivets from the scales.
I expect the rivets have to be hand made or is there a source of supply.
The rivets in this sit in cup washers.