Restoring EXTREMELY Old Blade and Making a Knife

Restoring an EXTREMELY old blade from Sweden and making a knife. This blade is produced around 1900th in a small place called Eskilstuna. Knives produced by Carl Walfrid Dahlgren are well known for quality and respected by collectors. About the Old Blade Owner of the knife factory was Carl Walfrid Dahlgren. The factory is located in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Knives were produced from 1870 to 1915 mostly for hunting. Final product from this factory is marketed as a luxury hunting knife. His knives were famous for high quality etched blades and leather sheaths. In the first period of production the blades were marked “CW Dahlgren Eskilstuna“ and later “. Eskilstuna“ The factory grew well and in 1904 he had 166 employees. The Restoration Process I started by removing the old metal washer at the end of tang. On my big wet stone wheel I removed all the surface rust and worn look from the blade. Blade was looking very good after, so I continued with sanding. I used sandpaper from 120 to 1200 grit. The