"cleaned" blade

DhaDha · 28th June 2006, 10:16 PM

Here's a recent addition. I believe that's some gold detail on the blade. The gentleman that sold it to me said the blade had the original file marks. Might be a recent and perhaps tragic cleaning. If so, is there anything I can do to fix? Perhaps a polish?
Shawn

mross · 28th June 2006, 10:23 PM

Could you post some close ups of the blade? Also where are the "filemarks"? A
close up of them would also be of value.

Mark · 28th June 2006, 11:28 PM

File marks on the blade would not be unusual. It was not the practice to always bring a blade to a high polish, and often rough file or grinding marks are seen. You could leave them, or polish them out. Neither would be "unauthentic," but polishing them out would be changing the original state of the blade,

I would be interested in some close-ups to. It does not look like the sort of blade that would have gold koftgari, though. It is most often silver, sometimes with some copper details. Have you tried cleaning it with a solvent like paint thinner? It might be a yellow discoloration of a varnish or other coating on the blade. Then again, it might be gold.

DhaDha · 29th June 2006, 05:09 AM

Apologies. I'll post some better shots soon. There's some copper koftgari on the spine which I'll show for colour reference as well.

DhaDha · 30th June 2006, 06:07 PM

Here are some more pics. Unfortunately, with the same camera. Hopefully both the koftgari and "cleaned" blade are more visible. I assumed there was copper, silver and gold. I don't have any paint thinner on hand to try and see if there's a "golden" stain or varnish though.

katana · 30th June 2006, 08:08 PM

IMHO If the file marks are caused by the sharpening of the blade by the original ethnic owner, I believe it is part of its authentic history ......and perhaps should be left. However, if you believe that the file marks are much more recent ....then polish them out..... my 2 cents worth.....

28th June 2006, 10:16 PM	#1
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 176	"cleaned" blade Here's a recent addition. I believe that's some gold detail on the blade. The gentleman that sold it to me said the blade had the original file marks. Might be a recent and perhaps tragic cleaning. If so, is there anything I can do to fix? Perhaps a polish? Shawn Attached Images

30th June 2006, 06:07 PM	#5
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 176	Here are some more pics. Unfortunately, with the same camera. Hopefully both the koftgari and "cleaned" blade are more visible. I assumed there was copper, silver and gold. I don't have any paint thinner on hand to try and see if there's a "golden" stain or varnish though. Attached Images

28th June 2006, 10:23 PM	#2
mross Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 478	Could you post some close ups of the blade? Also where are the "filemarks"? A close up of them would also be of value.

28th June 2006, 11:28 PM	#3
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	File marks on the blade would not be unusual. It was not the practice to always bring a blade to a high polish, and often rough file or grinding marks are seen. You could leave them, or polish them out. Neither would be "unauthentic," but polishing them out would be changing the original state of the blade, I would be interested in some close-ups to. It does not look like the sort of blade that would have gold koftgari, though. It is most often silver, sometimes with some copper details. Have you tried cleaning it with a solvent like paint thinner? It might be a yellow discoloration of a varnish or other coating on the blade. Then again, it might be gold.

29th June 2006, 05:09 AM	#4
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 176	Apologies. I'll post some better shots soon. There's some copper koftgari on the spine which I'll show for colour reference as well.

30th June 2006, 08:08 PM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	IMHO If the file marks are caused by the sharpening of the blade by the original ethnic owner, I believe it is part of its authentic history ......and perhaps should be left. However, if you believe that the file marks are much more recent ....then polish them out..... my 2 cents worth.....