Care for swords

Rich · 6th April 2006, 11:15 AM

Do NOT attempt to clean, polish or sharpen the Japanese swords, it
will ruin them and any value they may have. A light coating of non-acidic
machine oil is all that is needed. If they have rusted, etc, they need expert
professional restoration. Amateur cleaning / polishing will likely ruin them.
With most swords, unless you are a professional conservator, do nothing
but lightly oil the blades. The motto here is the same as in the medical field:
first, do no harm.

Rich S

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6th April 2006, 11:15 AM	#3
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	Do NOT attempt to clean, polish or sharpen the Japanese swords, it will ruin them and any value they may have. A light coating of non-acidic machine oil is all that is needed. If they have rusted, etc, they need expert professional restoration. Amateur cleaning / polishing will likely ruin them. With most swords, unless you are a professional conservator, do nothing but lightly oil the blades. The motto here is the same as in the medical field: first, do no harm. Rich S ------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Stein, PhD alchemyst@yahoo.com The Japanese Sword Index http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/nihonto.htm ------------------------------------------------------------