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Will Marshall’s Knife

Now part of Wesley Eure’s personal collection, the actual knife worn by Will Marshall in the Land of the Lost.  Autographed by Wesley.

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I bought my first real show props. These are the original cushions (plus a spare) used in the Sherlock episode A Scandal in Belgravia. A naked Irene Adler (Lara Pulver) sat on these. And as a bonus, the round cushion still has fake blood from the shooting scene on it!

Granted, the cushions look more impressive with Irende Adler sitting on them, but I guess there are worse items to start a prop collection with.

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Almost there! I still have to work on the hinges and lock, but this is the result after the first coat of beeswax polish. Still some more wax and buffing to be done yet though.

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Remember what it looked like when I started? Well here’s the split lid now I’ve done the repairs. The shrinkage has been blended into a smooth bevel on the back which is hardly noticeable unless you’re looking for it, and the horrible splits in the veneer at the front are all smoothed out. 

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O.K. Things don’t always work out. Here are the veneer repairs on the base part of the box. I didn’t even bother putting a ring around the last one.

But I’m not trying to make it look brand new - it should have a little bit of character. All adds to the charm of a restored piece. 

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These next few posts are just highlighting my missing veneer repairs. You still can see them if you get the light just right, but I’m getting better at blending them in as I get more practice.

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Making the pewter beading and Mother-of-Pearl roundels ‘pop’.

Just going slowly and carefully, scraping the French polish off with the tip of a craft knife. There is still that little section of beading missing on the front of the base part (bottom left), but I have my donor box to take some from. It will be just cut to length, laid in the slot and glued with PVA.

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The lid has a padded, velvet covered panel to be fitted. On the previous one I did, I had the original boxwood plate to utilize. But here I’m just using a piece of hardboard. Again I’m using quilting padding material and attaching the velvet with Elmer’s rubber cement.