Well....Steven Did ask,and the consensus was fairly reserved,noncommital-like
...And who'd have known Steven would go for it with Such vim and vigour?!
And technically(if one got Very technical),deep pitting May conceal the kind of corrosion that later will propagate,eventually destroying the object.
I myself am anything But a conservator,and hesitated going into all the complexities of preservation(of which i know only from the web,and frankly am still seriously confused about many a step...(mostly intimidated by the chemistry of assorted oxides involved).
But it's done now,and possibly for the best-this tool now has this second start in life as a brand-new object.Hopefully the mass and proportions were not significantly changed,and it'll make a perfectly functional tool.
Steven,it'd be kind of you,if further photos are planned,to post a couple of shots of the area around the eye,from top or bottom of it,and also of the edge.Thanks in advance.


And technically(if one got Very technical),deep pitting May conceal the kind of corrosion that later will propagate,eventually destroying the object.
I myself am anything But a conservator,and hesitated going into all the complexities of preservation(of which i know only from the web,and frankly am still seriously confused about many a step...(mostly intimidated by the chemistry of assorted oxides involved).
But it's done now,and possibly for the best-this tool now has this second start in life as a brand-new object.Hopefully the mass and proportions were not significantly changed,and it'll make a perfectly functional tool.
Steven,it'd be kind of you,if further photos are planned,to post a couple of shots of the area around the eye,from top or bottom of it,and also of the edge.Thanks in advance.