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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Torrance
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I found and old guy who was vet, and had these old blades sitting at his place. I got the two for good price. The story goes they were brought back by a couple of GIs after WW-II. Both are missing their scabbards. I would like to clean off the rust, what is the best way to clean and then restore these blades?
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND
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A very easy method of rust removal is to soak blade in pineapple juice. Juice from supermarket and plastic pipe of suitable diam to take the blade, with one end sealed off. End of pipe serves to hold hilt with blade suspended in the juice. This method does not damage the blade in any way.
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#3 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
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Nice kampilan and Luzon "kris"/sword. Great find.
![]() I have done it for example in this way by this blade: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16673 Regards, Detlef |
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#4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Until I have further evidence, I think your Luzon sword maybe from Ilocos Norte region.
The kampilan is not rare, but certainly not that common either, based on the style of the less seen guard. |
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#5 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Torrance
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I can post so more pictures on the hand guard, if it would help, on the blade there is a saying that someone started to grind off. It gets me to wonder what it said and why someone would do that.
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#6 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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There was a period of time when, from the Victorian era till the 1930s?, that collectors wanted every blade to be shiny. So many would grind and polish off blade engravings and inscriptions, to be nice and shiny. They would even nickel plate or chrome plate blades (as well as throw away scabbards
![]() Angering but not surprising that many of these blades don't have scabbards and are ground down. In fact, 3 years ago, I knew of an idiot that chromed an American Civil War sword before selling it to a friend of mine. ![]() |
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