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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
It depends Anthony.
Personally, I leave older blades alone as much as possible, a scratch here & there, a little bit of stain missing, in my opinion it is completely immaterial, its old, it does not need to be perfect, it is not on display. I accept a little bit of imperfection as normal. Every time you clean and stain you erode the blade just a little bit more. Perfection is not normal, not required in older blades.
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I believed you are right, I suppose I will have to just leave it be. The bilah was scratched by the warangka craftsman when he is making the scabbard for the bilah. Sigh, he is careless and inconsiderate.