oriba
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Post by oriba on Sept 27, 2019 9:36:54 GMT
I am guilty of not thoroughly cleaning my blade after one of the last tameshigiri sessions and, much to my dismay, had to find slight rust in the area of the monouchi (see attached picture). It is only a through hardened 9260 blade (Kaneie Batto class) but it is one of my favourite swords for tameshigiri. It is only slight rust (and hopefully inactive) but "Mothers Mag" and alike don't seem to do the trick, unless I have given up too quickly and not invested enough elbow grease. But it pains me to see it and I really want it fixed. Is anyone aware of someone in Europe who could repolish it ? I am obviously not asking for a traditional togishi as a) they would not do it b) it would probably cost 4-5 times of what the blade is worth. Any advice ? I am wary of attempting this myself as I would (at minimum) probably end up effing up the shinogi-ji. Thanks オリバー
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pgandy
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Post by pgandy on Sept 27, 2019 13:48:31 GMT
Tough luck and I'm sure a professional polish is going to cost big time.
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kaiyo
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Post by kaiyo on Sept 27, 2019 14:17:12 GMT
question is what do you expect from a new polish and how much do you want to spend
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Post by zsg1313 on Sept 27, 2019 18:10:49 GMT
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Post by skane on Sept 27, 2019 18:49:29 GMT
If it's a workhorse cutter, i'd just use the finest grit abrasive (polish, sandpaper, rust pad) that can remove the rust easily. Blades get scratched up from cutting anyway.
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Sept 28, 2019 12:42:43 GMT
If it's a workhorse cutter, i'd just use the finest grit abrasive (polish, sandpaper, rust pad) that can remove the rust easily. Blades get scratched up from cutting anyway. What I did on my 200$ Huawei mat cutter, fine grit sandpaper, no hamon to worry about, worked just fine.
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Post by pgandy on Sept 28, 2019 16:41:57 GMT
I thought that you were asking for a professional polisher. I did what Raylon did, removed the rust myself with varying degrees of sandpaper while wetted with oil. I lost the hamon, which I could restore with acid if I worried that much about it. Your rust doesn’t look that deep making the job easier.
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Post by El Chingon on Sept 28, 2019 17:01:28 GMT
I thought that you were asking for a professional polisher. I did what Raylon did, removed the rust myself with varying degrees of sandpaper while wetted with oil. I lost the hamon, which I could restore with acid if I worried that much about it. Your rust doesn’t look that deep making the job easier. Well his is a through hardened model, so he has no hamon to worry about. I rather enjoyed revealing the hamon on my blade to finish the look, makes it all worthwhile to see the finished product. I agree that a good metal polish + elbow grease should be enough.
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