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Post by freq on Nov 7, 2014 10:23:57 GMT
this sword came into my dads chroming business today, apparently he lost all but a couple of tea pots and this sword in a house fire he asked that it be chromed but every one who has seen it is leaning towards polishing it since it would be a crime to lose all the etching on the blade, this is after a few hours with some brasso and elbow grease that revealed this
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Post by freq on Nov 7, 2014 10:34:38 GMT
the handle and guard are in a bad way guard has the VR crest of the English royal family and there is some kind of serial no in the blade spine the scabbard is also in a bad way but dont think that will be affected if its chromed so my question is does anyone know if this is the right way or wrong way to restore this piece should he be be using harsher chemical or polishing wheels or total opposite and softer chemicals :?: or keep going in this vein
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Post by KaOsBlaKbLaDe on Nov 7, 2014 13:09:40 GMT
If it were mine, the first thing I would do is research to figure out if the sword has any sort of real value. If it was actually IN the fire, my guess is that the H/T is shot. If there is any historical significance, my guess is that left alone would be best. If it's simply a decorative piece, I say have at it however you'd like to see it in the end. I would prefer a polish over chrome, or a mix of both, like polished blade w/chrome basket etc. I like the way it looks, shame it's had such a tragic life.
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Post by JGonzalez on Nov 7, 2014 14:11:17 GMT
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Post by neuronic on Nov 7, 2014 15:46:48 GMT
No chrome, definitely. Chrome is for faucet and bikes.
Things like this blade deserve to be able to show what they went through.
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