Restoration Workshop Library.

kahnjar1 · 1st July 2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by freebooter

Stu,

I think this phrase should be taken in context and case by case.
A little while back I had a unique and prize jian fully restored for a client.
It was in pieces and lacked the correct guard. Now it has replaced hilt timbers, antiqued ray skin and new aged guard with the same patina as the rest of the sword and is one of the most stunning Jian I have laid eyes on.

Without this process of NEW parts, to sum it up, it would be a pig and unusable or appreciated.

Gav

Agreed and that is why I used the word UNNECESSARILY.
There is one other aspect to this and that is that we all like to try to collect GENUINE items, and with the very excellent restoration done by some, there COULD be danger in future years for somebody unwittingly buying what APPEARS to be a genuine piece in excellent condition, at a very high price, when in fact it is not original.
We do not all have the expertise to identify replaced parts when the antiquing and aging has been carried out in a way which has MAYBE been designed to deceive.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO INTENTION HERE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS PRACTICE IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS, BUT AS WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME VERY CLEAVER COPIES COMING OUT OF ASIA THESE DAYS!!

Rick · 2nd July 2011, 05:17 PM

Possibly 'Conservation' rather than 'Restoration' should be used as a title for this proposed thread/page .

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 3rd July 2011, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

Possibly 'Conservation' rather than 'Restoration' should be used as a title for this proposed thread/page .

Salaams ... But its both dont you think? On the one hand its restoration which deserves a full library of on going techniques and ideas whilst on the other a couple of paragraphs on conservation as required. If I have a rusty or damaged blade, hilt, scabbard or gunbarrel etc... its the restoration I want. Thats where an alphabetical index of expanding ideas and techniques comes in very useful and is in itself "furum driven" by members adding to and expanding the library as a work in progress.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi

2nd July 2011, 05:17 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Possibly 'Conservation' rather than 'Restoration' should be used as a title for this proposed thread/page .