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|  10th February 2007, 08:14 AM | #25 | 
| Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana 
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			While watching the A&E DVD Shaka Zulu I came up with the solution to my problem, and another great way to derust.  By the way if you are interested in Zulu ethnographic art, costumes and weapons this a great video. In one of the scenes it shows the Zulu's getting ready to go to a battle and the are sharpening their spears on a stone. So this morning I went out in the garden and found a nice flat quartz like garden stone and started honing.  For finish and detail I got a small stone.  The result was a blade didn't have that fake flat gray chemically cleaned look but a more authentic look with a lot of charactor.  Before and After:   The blade now looks like a typical Zulu blade | 
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