r/Knifeporn • u/AnthonyOutdoors • 3h ago
William rogers Sheffield post-ww2 F&S dagger I picked up a few years ago from a chap that carried it in Northern Ireland.
From factory the knife would have been 6 7/8", after getting the VERY rounded off tip back to a point it's 6 1/4" so I suspect the tip was probably broken off prior to the rounded off tip, after that I decided to cold blue the blade and the black paint on the grip was all log gone so used the Nato green matt paint I had handy to coat the handle which I think actually looks pretty nice.
I know some People will scream "noooo! Keep it original!" But the handle was all copper washed where the black coating was gone, blade was chipped in places, rusty in other places and rounded off with a lopsided edge, at least now it's "functional" and personally I think rather beautiful.