Shakethetrees
9th September 2014, 04:19 AM
This sad case is a Persian jambiya that took a long bath during Katrina nine years ago.
Fortunately this is one of only three or four pieces from my collection that got wet. I was really, really, lucky!
The grip was stained and cracked into two pieces, the lizard skin covered sheath is still yet to be dealt with. I think it will be recoverable with some TLC.
I cleaned and stoned out carefully the rust pitting and stains from the flood. It's been in storage for a while now, so since I was in the mood to do some etching (see the Mongolian knife posted earlier) I thought it would be a good time to tackle this.
I made one more good pass with very fine abrasives, de-greased it with acetone, and waxed the tang.
Since this blade originally had no surface texture, I brushed the mordant on to each side in one clean stroke. This highlighted the pattern and slightly darkened it for contrast.
After neutralization, I did a quick WD-40 wipedown, heated the blade lightly and hot waxed it with Renaissance Wax.
What do you think?
Fortunately this is one of only three or four pieces from my collection that got wet. I was really, really, lucky!
The grip was stained and cracked into two pieces, the lizard skin covered sheath is still yet to be dealt with. I think it will be recoverable with some TLC.
I cleaned and stoned out carefully the rust pitting and stains from the flood. It's been in storage for a while now, so since I was in the mood to do some etching (see the Mongolian knife posted earlier) I thought it would be a good time to tackle this.
I made one more good pass with very fine abrasives, de-greased it with acetone, and waxed the tang.
Since this blade originally had no surface texture, I brushed the mordant on to each side in one clean stroke. This highlighted the pattern and slightly darkened it for contrast.
After neutralization, I did a quick WD-40 wipedown, heated the blade lightly and hot waxed it with Renaissance Wax.
What do you think?