Hi Rob,
You're welcome!
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Originally Posted by RobT
I bought a battery charger today and, at this writing have an African arm dagger bubbling away in a solution of water and epsom salts (magnesium sulfate USP). I didn't have any washing soda (sodium carbonate) but I figured for the purposes of conductivity that a salt is a salt is a salt.
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Well, baking soda works just as well. Be careful with using any other salts since there may be unexpected side effects (including development of poisonous gases). Epsom may be fine but still it might speed up new rust after the power has been turned off. Whatever salt is used, it is really paramount to immediately apply some rust prevention anyway - right after srubbing and thoroughly drying the blade!
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I took "before" pictures of the blade. It looks as if it was stored in a New England boat house for a few winters.
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Let them come!
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At one time this was a good quality piece so hopefully I can restore it to some semblance of its former condition.
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I'm sure the blade will be ok (i.e. better than before
). Let's hope that there's not too much pitting though.
Regards,
Kai