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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Jun 23, 2012 18:32:11 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2012 18:32:11 GMT

So I got a new sword from Sinosword. I have yet to get good enough pictures of it to post. But here's the general statistics:

It's a folded 1095 high carbon steel blade, 31 inches long with a nice thick clam shell blade profile. Differentially hardened.

I'm quite pleased with it, but as this is my first time owning a sword there are many uncertainties.

First of all, I noticed a bunch of small scratches on various parts of the blade that were revealed after wiping off the first layer of oil. Is this normal with new swords? I asked the manufacturer and they told me it's normal for the blade face to be scratched by the wood of the scabbard and that Ebony (the wood my sheath is made of) is especially hard and prone to scratching blades.

I looked online and found a bunch of tips about scratch removal. The SBG maintenance section suggests Metal Glo, but at other places I read that Metal Glo tends to be too abrasive.

Anyone know how I can polish the scratches out? Anyone used Metal Glo before? Should I use it? If so, how do I go about it? Just paste, cloth, and wipe? The scratches aren't deep at all or anything that can be considered damage to the blade. Just these little blemishes that are really ugly on the face of an otherwise beautiful sword.

Any help from veterans would be appreciated. Please keep in mind that I'm a complete newb to swords and anything methods involving high skill or special equipment or high risk of actually damaging the steel is probably not a good thing for me to try.

On a side note, can someone give me more detail about maintaining the blade and scabbard, specifically what oils to use, frequency, etc..

Thanks!

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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Nov 8, 2012 19:06:34 GMT

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Post by MakChingYuen on Nov 8, 2012 19:06:34 GMT

Here is a video I did for NORMAL sword maintenance. It's a traditional method to use flour as a method to remove tiny minor scratches and absorb the oil when you clean it up.

To remove the scratches that are more deep or obvious, you have to use sandpaper. Use 220 grit sandpaper if it is not too badly and deeply scratched... wet sand the whole thing and then it should polish the blade down with all scratches gone, remember to use water. After that stage you will be super shock because the mirror polish is gone. Now use 320, 400, 600, 800 and even 1000 and 2000 or even 3000 if you like,, then after all that is done, get a metal polisher like PEEK to rub the blade and polish it up then it will clean up everything and the mirror is back. Now the blade will have ZERO scratches on it. When you are done, follow my steps in the video above and you will do the final job to complete everything.

This method in the video is then to do it once per day for 1 year, or at least once per week.. then when you play with the sword more, after one year, the maintenance can be cut down and soon your sword will auto resist rusting, very cool method. The only thing is, after you use it for forms, remember to wipe the blade a few times to remove oil from the body, that's all.

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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Nov 9, 2012 6:52:35 GMT

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Post by willhart on Nov 9, 2012 6:52:35 GMT

The hardest thing about removing the scratch is matching it to the rest of the blade. If your sword has a frosted hamon, then metal glo will remove it. Metal glo could remove the scratch eventually, but it all depends on how deep it is. Also if your sword has a satin finish and you use metal glo too much, like 15-20+ minutes in an area then it's going to start polishing that area you're targeting and it will start to look more shiney than the rest of the sword.

Removing the scratch is easy, but making the spot look like the rest of the blade will be the challenging thing. If you post a picture of the scratch or what the blade looks like it would be helpful.

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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Nov 9, 2012 6:55:51 GMT

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Post by MakChingYuen on Nov 9, 2012 6:55:51 GMT

willhart wrote
The hardest thing about removing the scratch is matching it to the rest of the blade. If your sword has a frosted hamon, then metal glo will remove it. Metal glo could remove the scratch eventually, but it all depends on how deep it is. Also if your sword has a satin finish and you use metal glo too much, like 15-20+ minutes in an area then it's going to start polishing that area you're targeting and it will start to look more shiney than the rest of the sword.

Removing the scratch is easy, but making the spot look like the rest of the blade will be the challenging thing. If you post a picture of the scratch or what the blade looks like it would be helpful.

Very good point, that's why I said use sandpaper to sand the WHOLE blade at once so you avoid this problem. 100% agree with you. It's a pain to do scratch removal after cutting sessions because basically you have to do the whole blade at once to be easy.. and the worse part is chipped edge fixing too, so I avoid doing that until it's too obvious and bad that I can't stand it anymore.. sigh.. cutting is sometimes fun, but sometimes very not fun.

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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Nov 9, 2012 7:00:23 GMT

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Post by willhart on Nov 9, 2012 7:00:23 GMT

MakChingYuen wrote
Very good point, that's why I said use sandpaper to sand the WHOLE blade at once so you avoid this problem. 100% agree with you. It's a pain to do scratch removal after cutting sessions because basically you have to do the whole blade at once to be easy.. and the worse part is chipped edge fixing too, so I avoid doing that until it's too obvious and bad that I can't stand it anymore.. sigh.. cutting is sometimes fun, but sometimes very not fun.

I agree with you. When I sharpen my swords I normally wait until I have a lot of time and do multiple swords at once and spend a weekend doing it. But sometimes sword maintenance and polishing swords can be fun and relaxing too

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Sword maintenance and scratch removal. Nov 9, 2012 7:22:39 GMT

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Post by MakChingYuen on Nov 9, 2012 7:22:39 GMT

willhart wrote

I agree with you. When I sharpen my swords I normally wait until I have a lot of time and do multiple swords at once and spend a weekend doing it. But sometimes sword maintenance and polishing swords can be fun and relaxing too

hey, same here! I wait until a few of them need to get workout and then I will do them all at once, same! You spend less materials too because sometimes the oil on cloth or the sandpaper is too much for one sword and you can use it on the others too. Quite fun but sometimes a bad chip can be very frustrating to fix.

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