what kind of sword?

spiral · 4th February 2009, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilias

It is a combination of soda lemon and vinegar.
I wash the blade with a detergent to take all the grease that is on the blade.Then I wash it very good.After that I scrub the blade with a cutted at the middle lemon with soda powder on it.

Ilias

When you say soda on the lemon what sort of soda do you mean?

Sodium carbonate {washing soda or soda ash }
Sodium bicarbonate {baking soda }
Sodium hydroxide {caustic soda ]

Cheers,
spiral

ingvar · 4th February 2009, 11:35 PM

imho, the hilt "wants" to look like XV.ct turkish saber. but they didnt make pins that bulgy back then. It also reminds of a hungaro-polish type I, with much smaller quillions.

Overall, looks like 18-19ct.

ilias · 5th February 2009, 08:38 AM

Hello spiral
The soda I use it refers Sodium bicarbonate.The thing that I want to advice you is that the vinegar must be very hot.Dont leave the sword a long time in it because you will see the surface become dull.You must watch it always and when the lines become black pull it out and clean it with soda.If the result doesn't satisfy you then use again only lemon and wash it again without touch the blade and put it in the vinegar.
Try it and I wish you the best results

spiral · 5th February 2009, 09:41 AM

Thanks Illias! Ive etched with vinigar before but only used the soda to neutralise, So I wondered if you were using a different type of soda there. Thanks for the info.

spiral

4th February 2009, 11:35 PM	#2
ingvar Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	imho, the hilt "wants" to look like XV.ct turkish saber. but they didnt make pins that bulgy back then. It also reminds of a hungaro-polish type I, with much smaller quillions. Overall, looks like 18-19ct.

5th February 2009, 08:38 AM	#3
ilias Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: GREECE Posts: 73	Hello spiral The soda I use it refers Sodium bicarbonate.The thing that I want to advice you is that the vinegar must be very hot.Dont leave the sword a long time in it because you will see the surface become dull.You must watch it always and when the lines become black pull it out and clean it with soda.If the result doesn't satisfy you then use again only lemon and wash it again without touch the blade and put it in the vinegar. Try it and I wish you the best results

5th February 2009, 09:41 AM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Thanks Illias! Ive etched with vinigar before but only used the soda to neutralise, So I wondered if you were using a different type of soda there. Thanks for the info. spiral