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[Drabant1701]

Originally Posted by Roland_M

Hello Drabant,

thank you for showing the pictures. The hilt is rhino horn. After I bought some examples of water buffalo horn, I decided to make the new hilt from old grenadilla hardwood.

I cannot share the opinion of some collectors, to leave it as it is.

It is the same for me like a good Oldtimer car. After restoration most Oldtimers are better than ever before.

Another important reason, without a restoration this blade will more and more corrode and in 100 years or so it is just a lost piece of rust and dirt.

I will keep the old handle and pins and store it carefully. So it is no problem, to set the sword back to its current state.


Roland

Roland, I think you should restore your sword in a way that feels right for you, there will be as many different opinions on how to resore/not restore antiques as there are collectors.

I used some gun stock oil to darken the handle with good result. Also if you want patina on brass details (such as re-cut pins) you can use ammonia to stain it.