Thanks Alan, for your reply.
The few people I know who do staining here in Holland don't use the soak method. The use a brush to bring the warangan on the blade. Not only the loss of potency but the lack of control during the process is the reason why they don't soak.
For a commercial stainer it is impossible to work in this way indeed. The person who did staining for me works in the same way. When he was not satisfied he cleaned the blade and started over again.
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