Polish L-guard sword: restoration project

ariel · 17th April 2012, 07:15 PM

Evgeny,

Great job.

Let's not forget the way this saber looked like when it came to you: it was a deformed lump of rusty metal. No amount of "gentle" cleaning would have recovered even a trace of what it was supposed to be, or prevent any further degradation.

To be honest: the historic and artistic value of this ( or any other) sword pales in comparison to Sistine Chapel.
http://msopal29.myweb.uga.edu/BeforeandAfter.html

If works of Michelangelo and Botticelli could be aggressively restored and conserved, a similar approach to a sword is fully justified.

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17th April 2012, 07:15 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Evgeny, Great job. Let's not forget the way this saber looked like when it came to you: it was a deformed lump of rusty metal. No amount of "gentle" cleaning would have recovered even a trace of what it was supposed to be, or prevent any further degradation. To be honest: the historic and artistic value of this ( or any other) sword pales in comparison to Sistine Chapel. http://msopal29.myweb.uga.edu/BeforeandAfter.html If works of Michelangelo and Botticelli could be aggressively restored and conserved, a similar approach to a sword is fully justified.