Finished polishing the guard components:


I may be out of the shop for a while, my wife has jury duty and I will be going in to town with her. Please pray that she doesn't get on a jury.

Finished the shell guard and started polishing the knuckle-bow.
Here is the top of the finished guard:

Engraving on the top and bottom today. The bottom is finished and I just need to raise the main lines on the top.

Here is yesterdays progress:

Finally made it back to the shop today. I cut in and rounded the border and drilled the holes for the rivets. I redrew the lines for the engraving pattern:

Did some sketching yesterday for a new commission. Sorted through 20 years of my junk that I had to move today. Lord willing I'll make it back to the shop tomorrow and work on the cutlass.

Polished the shell guard today(and night) and started on the engraving: