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dralin23 · 20th August 2008, 04:58 AM

hi ariel
yes i have cleaned it, so i have also removed the old " patina" under these patination was also small rustparts. you can see the pittings at the blade. at one small part from the blade are these rustpittings very deep. i hope it is stoped now. the next reason was, i hoped that these sword like all older weapons from india was made from watered steel and i would like see these pattern at the surface. there was not any decoration at the bulbus before the cleaning. i know the newer cobra swords was rich overlaid with gold koftgari but i think these swords are not made for fighting. i think these swords was only made for representation.

20th August 2008, 04:58 AM	#4
dralin23 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 194	hi ariel yes i have cleaned it, so i have also removed the old " patina" under these patination was also small rustparts. you can see the pittings at the blade. at one small part from the blade are these rustpittings very deep. i hope it is stoped now. the next reason was, i hoped that these sword like all older weapons from india was made from watered steel and i would like see these pattern at the surface. there was not any decoration at the bulbus before the cleaning. i know the newer cobra swords was rich overlaid with gold koftgari but i think these swords are not made for fighting. i think these swords was only made for representation.