Week-end...
 

Manual work for this week-end on this Gbaya throwing knife.

Very very nice :)

Luc

Very sweet. :)

Lew

Right, old and good African work.....(including the grip)

Nice!!!!

Nice throwing knife, hope you show it again after your work. :)

Are you sure you want to strip this gorgeous patina?

Here his brother after work...

For me it's not patina of use, it's just oxidation.
On old photos and postcards African knives are always shiny and polished.
I belong to the school of "knife cleaner"... ;)

Ariel

I find that many American collectors take a hands off approach when it comes to cleaning their old knives while Europeans take a different approach buy cleaning up their steel objects. I like to remove as much active rust as possible while leaving some of the patina behind to each his own ;) :)

Lew

Of course Lew, as you can see on the cleaned one, it is not "new", I also let some dark areas to keep sign of use.

Patina seems very nice. Please don't take away