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29th July 2011, 09:19 PM
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no etch
I say leave the patina on the blade too.
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29th July 2011, 10:03 PM
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29th July 2011, 11:56 PM
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Of course, Robert has to decide what he wishes to do.
From the pics, I don't see a lot of genuine patina (apparently none from original use) that I'd consider worth keeping. As far as I can tell, the blade got cleaned/polished early after being collected and gained some rust/etc. from neglect later on. IMHO nothing to be proud of.  I guestimate that there won't be any special laminations that would need to be shown; OTOH I'd love to examine the lamination patterns after an etch to glean more information on the crafting of this blade. Regards, Kai |
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30th July 2011, 01:28 AM
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I would like to thank everyone who has commented on this so far. As far as etching the blade goes, if there is a traditional way of doing it I will be more than happy to do it as soon as I can find the time. Here are the best pictures that I am able to take of the blade and a few of the scabbard. Thanks again.
Robert |
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