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Originally Posted by katana
Sorry Manuel I missed your post  ,....the million dollar question, each individual has he or she's 'limit'. I treat each sword differently ....some I feel are better with more cleaning, others less. I always err to 'less' to preserve it's history. Personally I think the dark patches of what appears to be raised (above the general surface) 'scaly' patches should be removed.....generally these raised areas (if indeed yours are?) tend to have active rust within them, similar to a 'blister'.(actually the steel seems to delaminate with rust between each layer)
To remove them I very gently scrape them with a small sharp blade, I know many would make a face like this  ....but I find it a good way to remove these areas without unnecessary sanding of the blade surface surrounding these 'blisters'.
All the best
David |
Salaams, Nice job so far though I dont know why this thread has apparently stalled... My advice is drop the blade into coke for a day or two... and second but more agressive is to use lemon salt... To remove rust patches and spots seen on your last photo use aluminium foil ... use as you would use sandpaper but with aluminium foil you are at the finest level of abrasion ... in fact it isn't abrasion ... more like molecular technology involving ions or somesuch molecular majic... it is superb for rubbing out rust spots but it takes a lot of numb finger rubbing.. Aluminium foil !!! Marvellous !
Regards Ibrahiim al Balooshi.