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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2009 17:18:43 GMT
Hi first time poster on the board here.
I recently picked up a sword from a friend as a project to work on. It appears to be a replica of a 15th century longsword ( he said when he bought it, it was called a knight sword). I know it is a 5160 carbon steel blade and feels fairly solid. The sword has some oxidation spots and scratches on it. The question I have is which direction I should be sanding the blade as I work on it. Normally everything I have seen says to sand from the hilt down to the point in long strokes. However, the grain of the metal on this blade runs across the width. Should I sand in the direction of the grain of the metal?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Dec 5, 2009 17:57:04 GMT
Normally you would sand along the length of the blade as that would generally be how the blade was finished. If your blade has machining marks or sanding marks running from spine to edge then follow those lines or else your sanding will stand out, unless you are just going to re-sand the whole blade and completely remove the old marks.
Those little abrasive rubber blocks work very well for removing slight surface rust.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2009 20:46:03 GMT
Thx, that's what I thought. +1 Karma to you
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