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maxbliss888 31st August 2015 12:53 PM

Dagger after cleaning
 
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After some cleaning, I was hoping to remove the black spots...

maxbliss888 31st August 2015 01:03 PM

Dagger
 
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I have cleaned it with oil. Is there any other way to clean in order to remove the black spots?

Rich 31st August 2015 01:32 PM

It's beautiful, just a little oil to keep it that way.
Rich

David R 31st August 2015 05:23 PM

Any further and you risk removing the patina and the pattern. You have a very nice piece there .

kronckew 31st August 2015 06:38 PM

agree, nice piece. any further cleaning agressive enough to remove the spots may leave scratches and degrade the nice wootz watered steel patterning. if you can't get them off by rubbing with a wood stick or the edge of a copper coin, best leave them. if you are really handy, or a dentist, pricking off any crustycrusty red scale with a dental pick under a microscope might work, but i wouldn't try it. the knife is too nice to chance messing it up. lots of olive oil and an old toothbrush (without toothpaste) repeated over time may lift, loosen & remove a bit more. in some climates the olive oil, if left on may go rancid. i use ballistol on just about everything for storage.

black rust and black patina is good, red rust is cancerous and bad.

Battara 1st September 2015 12:29 AM

Yes black is stabilized, red is active and eats through. Your blade looks fine as it is now...........

estcrh 1st September 2015 07:35 AM

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Very nice, it has a qama type hilt and a jambiya blade. Is there a scabbard?

maxbliss888 1st September 2015 02:10 PM

Dagger
 
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Dagger scabbard


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