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Post by mechanic403 on Jan 25, 2012 18:18:52 GMT
Hey guys, quick question, Considering buying an Edo period wak, good koshirae which is what I'm paying for but it includes an Edo blade that's in pretty bad shape. The seller called it a service item with no value, it has a good amount of rust etc. I was wondering how difficult it would be to give this sucker a repolish and try to restore this old blade without taking it to a pro as the job would likely cost more than the blade itself. I'm not terribly concerned with preserving the blade perfectly as its basically included for free with the koshirae but I would really like to have it looking somewhat fresh. Thanks for the help as always Cheers
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SanMarc
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Post by SanMarc on Jan 25, 2012 18:53:59 GMT
Tom K has a vid on polishing swords that will work with Kats as well, But even with the condition of that blade, take your time and carfuly cleen it to see what is under the rust first. Dont cleen the Tang as you should allready know, Ospho to kill the rust on the blade then whipe it down with some oil and cotton cloth to see the steel. Then use Toms guide, Post pics!! ........SanMarc.
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Mikeeman
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Post by Mikeeman on Jan 26, 2012 4:42:40 GMT
You could always send the blade to me to your buddy Mikeeman for free Seriously though, nice score. Do you have pictures of the blade?
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Post by masahiro560 on Jan 26, 2012 9:55:18 GMT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Joke usually with so much rust the japanese themselves would start with ara-to Artificial counterpart of ara-to is carborundum, between 180 grit to 220 grit The difficult part is to establish all the lines and contours of the blade. Also as much as possible use only waterstones so as not to overheat the blade and risk losing the hamon (If there's still one anyway)
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Post by william m on Jan 26, 2012 12:40:15 GMT
Normally I don't recommend polishing nihonto at home, but for awful junk blades exceptions are made.
Are you able to put up some photos of it, so I can recommend the best course of action?
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Post by mechanic403 on Jan 26, 2012 14:13:42 GMT
Great guide thanks for the help! In the end I decided I shouldn't be spending cash on a new project when I have so many currently in progress... Its currently on eBay for ~300$ so it's still up for grabs
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