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Greetings,
Here is a cable damascus knife I just picked up on eBay. It was made by Michael Bell of Dragonfly Forge, apparently in the 1980's. I do not know if he still makes knives, but he does make some very expensive Japanese style swords these days.
After I received the knife I discovered that there are some dark marks on the blade. They look like fingerprints, so I am assuming that someone did not wipe the blade down after it was handled. Is there any way to remove these marks without damaging the etch? I suspect that the whole blade would have to be re-etched to get rid of them, but I don't really want to do that.
Here is a cable damascus knife I just picked up on eBay. It was made by Michael Bell of Dragonfly Forge, apparently in the 1980's. I do not know if he still makes knives, but he does make some very expensive Japanese style swords these days.
After I received the knife I discovered that there are some dark marks on the blade. They look like fingerprints, so I am assuming that someone did not wipe the blade down after it was handled. Is there any way to remove these marks without damaging the etch? I suspect that the whole blade would have to be re-etched to get rid of them, but I don't really want to do that.
