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Luc LEFEBVRE
22nd October 2009, 09:38 PM
Manual work for this week-end on this Gbaya throwing knife.

Marcokeris
22nd October 2009, 10:53 PM
Very very nice :)

Lew
23rd October 2009, 01:24 AM
Luc

Very sweet. :)

Lew

Martin Lubojacky
23rd October 2009, 08:38 AM
Right, old and good African work.....(including the grip)

Tim Simmons
23rd October 2009, 02:52 PM
Nice!!!!

Sajen
23rd October 2009, 03:02 PM
Nice throwing knife, hope you show it again after your work. :)

ariel
23rd October 2009, 08:54 PM
Are you sure you want to strip this gorgeous patina?

Luc LEFEBVRE
23rd October 2009, 09:14 PM
Here his brother after work...

Luc LEFEBVRE
23rd October 2009, 09:22 PM
Are you sure you want to strip this gorgeous patina?

For me it's not patina of use, it's just oxidation.
On old photos and postcards African knives are always shiny and polished.
I belong to the school of "knife cleaner"... ;)

Lew
23rd October 2009, 09:51 PM
Ariel

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

Luc LEFEBVRE
23rd October 2009, 10:14 PM
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.

Marcokeris
23rd October 2009, 10:58 PM
Patina seems very nice. Please don't take away