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19th December 2008, 09:06 PM
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Hi celtan,
Have you checked if the blade is older? Is there a mei on the nakago? Peter |
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20th December 2008, 12:07 AM
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Hi Pete,
Not yet, this is as received. I will start treating the leather, then general debriding and physically cleaning the blade with a 4-0 xxfine brass scrub, then removing the tsuka before polishing an cleaning with choji oil from Kissaki to nagako.... I intend to leave the nagako as polished as the blade, so I can see myself on it. : ) NAH! Just Kidding, mate. : ) Meruy Xmas! Quote:
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20th December 2008, 12:13 AM
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Celtan,
Why all the work? Just use some acid to clean it, thats much easier! Merry Xmas to you too.  Peter |
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20th December 2008, 02:31 AM
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Hello Celtan,
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Best regards, Willem |
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20th December 2008, 04:11 AM
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PECARD's Antique Leather Dressing. But it doesn't make miracles...: )
I just don't want it to get worse that it is, Best M Quote:
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20th December 2008, 02:49 PM
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Curvature doesn't look like the standard gunto style, and I guess it's a proper hamon we can kind of see there? Fittings look relatively decent too. It'll be interesting to see what those who know more about these things have to say about it, but for the moment I would actually suspect that it isn't a machine made blade, but a more traditional one, of unknown quality.
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20th December 2008, 06:43 PM
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Agree, blade looks traditionally made. Could even be an older one.
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