Help needed with Tulwar.

[Pukka Bundook]

Just purchased another old Tulwar off e-bay and need a bit of advise.
It's been a very nice sword at one time, but I'm a bottom feeder when it comes to these things!
The seller thought it had been covered in silver paint or something, and I thought; "Good!....there might be something nice hiding beneathe all the crud!" (Some of the pictures showed promise)

Well, it arrived just in time for Christmas!.....and news not all that good.
It has been dipped in some kind of acid to eat off all the rust, and the silver in the photos is just bare metal.
It looks sand-blasted, but isn't, as the remaining silver does not have the same pitted texture.

So, My question;
What do I do with it now????
The blade is really nice folded steel, but with No finish remaining. (sharp as a lance , too!)

This looks like another opportunity to work on an old sword, without doing much damage.
Any ideas how to proceed?

Thank you in advance and hope your Christmas was Merry!

Richard.

[katana]

Hi Richard,
could you post some pictures ?


Regards David

[Lew]

Hi Richard

Pictures would help if you can post them.

Lew

[Pukka Bundook]

My intelligence doesn't run to posting pictures, but I'll ask my daughter to, when she gets up!....

R.

[Jens Nordlunde]

Richard, it surprises me that you write the blade is ’silver coloured’, as I would think it would be a ‘dull/dead silver’ colour.

I have a katar, which ones had am acid bath, I almost cried when I saw it, but I bought it an worked on it for hours – fortunately it was only the blade which had a ‘bath’. What you have to do, is to work on the blade until the acid look disappears – it is not easy, and it will take some time – quite some time, if I am not much wrong – but when you have finished, you are free to try to etch the blade, to see what you find.

Happy working and a happy New Year to you and yours.


Jens

[Pukka Bundook]

Here are the sellers pictures of the Tulwar:

[Jeff D]

Hi Pukka Bundook,

Looks like silver paint on top of the rust?

To quote Jens;
Happy working and a happy New Year to you and yours.
Jeff