Battered Datu Kris for comment - restoration tips needed

[kai]

Hi Bill,

Originally Posted by Bill

nice old kris. the pictures make it hard to tell the real condition.

Would larger but slower loading pics be preferred by most members? 800 pixels width allow easier reading/printing of the text but using higher resolution (150 dpi?) would allow zooming in if needed.

even hand poishing with light abrasive compond may pull up rust deteriorated metal particles that might scratch the inlay, if your not carefull.

Ok, I'll be extra careful. The inlay area will only need light polishing anyway - it's the tip (or maybe a third of the blade) which needs more work.

You might try buying a soft cotton mop, put the handle in a vise, so that the strings hang freely.

So the long side of the mop is parallel to the floor and its surface vertical, so that the strings hang down (on top of each other) or is the mop's surface pointing to the ground (i.e. normal working position)?

streak one side with a fine abasive compond and the other with final polish.

Please explain! (The mops I'm thinking of have only a single working surface and loading freely hanging strings with differing compounds sounds weird... What I'm missing here?)

Good Luck, post some pics when you are done.

Thanks, I'll surely post pics of the finished blade! And possibly pics of any intermediate stages if I come up with more questions...

Regards,
Kai