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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Louisiana
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This sad case is a Persian jambiya that took a long bath during Katrina nine years ago.
Fortunately this is one of only three or four pieces from my collection that got wet. I was really, really, lucky! The grip was stained and cracked into two pieces, the lizard skin covered sheath is still yet to be dealt with. I think it will be recoverable with some TLC. I cleaned and stoned out carefully the rust pitting and stains from the flood. It's been in storage for a while now, so since I was in the mood to do some etching (see the Mongolian knife posted earlier) I thought it would be a good time to tackle this. I made one more good pass with very fine abrasives, de-greased it with acetone, and waxed the tang. Since this blade originally had no surface texture, I brushed the mordant on to each side in one clean stroke. This highlighted the pattern and slightly darkened it for contrast. After neutralization, I did a quick WD-40 wipedown, heated the blade lightly and hot waxed it with Renaissance Wax. What do you think? |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Great! Love the wootz - you certainly made it pop out!
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Louisiana
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Until I found this forum, I felt this piece was an irretrievable basket case!
I will have to look for the other couple of formerly submerged pieces. |
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