An antique Thai enep

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

Wow. You did an amazing job of restoration. Any tips you can pass along regarding how you did it? Thanks for sharing. An interesting knife. An amazing restoration job.

Thank you Harry for the kind words but I wouldn't call it restoration, I've just cleaned it up.

Since I was able to pull up over the brass bands from the scabbard I was able to clean the wooden scabbard inside since it is built from two parts of wood. The wood from outside I've polished with car polish and oiled it. The fittings I've cleaned with 000 steel wool and metal polish. The ferrule was a difficult project since I want to protect the dark patination from the iron part, so I've polished it with 2000 sandpaper and WD40. The horn was polished with car polish also and oiled with linseed oil.
The heavy corroded blade I've sanded with sandpaper, started with 120 up to 1000.

Regards,
Detlef