Opinion please--Gunto w/Old blade?

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Originally Posted by rasjid

Is there anything i can do? Anyone? To preserve or protect from rust?

Thanks

Here is Ian Bottomley's recommended method for treating rust on Japanese armor, you can do something similar with the nakago of your sword,

Use a mixture of boiled linseed oil thinned with white spirit in a ratio of approximately 50 / 50 - it isn't critical. The mixture was applied with a paint brush over a small area and allowed to soak in for a few minutes before rubbing the area with a chisel shaped piece of stag antler.