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Manual work for this week-end on this Gbaya throwing knife.
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Very very nice
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Very sweet. ![]() Lew |
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Right, old and good African work.....(including the grip)
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Nice!!!!
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Nice throwing knife, hope you show it again after your work.
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Are you sure you want to strip this gorgeous patina?
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Here his brother after work...
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On old photos and postcards African knives are always shiny and polished. I belong to the school of "knife cleaner"... ![]() |
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I find that many American collectors take a hands off approach when it comes to cleaning their old knives while Europeans take a different approach buy cleaning up their steel objects. I like to remove as much active rust as possible while leaving some of the patina behind to each his own ![]() ![]() Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 23rd October 2009 at 10:02 PM. |
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Of course Lew, as you can see on the cleaned one, it is not "new", I also let some dark areas to keep sign of use.
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Patina seems very nice. Please don't take away
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