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Oh I'm pretty sure someone decided to "shine it up" for the estate sale. With what looks like 400 grit.:( So be forewarned I'm going to commit blasphemy, and try to use 800 grit then 1500 to get the worst scratches out. I figure the original patina done been shot to hades anyway. Going to preserve the blade etch tho. I just wonder how good it showed b4 they "fixed" it.
 
waynorth said:
Please don't polish it!!
Sniff. . . . . .:(
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Unfortunately someone done sanded the blade recently, pretty much already been "polished" :eek::( or I'd never touch it.
I don't use a mechanical polisher at all. But how I'll remove scratches and reduce the few grinder marks will not affect the geometry of the original grinds. Looks like well in the past someone started to use a grinder or belt sander to clean it, luckily they only just barely made a pass on the pile side and stopped. Must have seen it was far to aggressive. The bolsters and covers I'm not going to touch other than bit of 3n1 and a old tooth brush. Believe me guys I truly wish whoever "spruced" it up for the estate sale woulda left his little piece of 400 grit in his pocket:mad:. Please don't hate me:oops: if it had been original I would be thrilled to leave its history intact.
 
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Y'all probably getting tired of this one by now, but I wanted to show the extent of my cleaning. I know such a dreaded word, but in this case I don't think I've hurt it. Knife such as this doing a full on mirror polish and all, well I'd rather cut my foot off with it than treat it that way. Just removed the damage already done. Now to build a nice natural patina, to complement the rest of it.I had high hopes it was original from the ad pic, but it wasn't the best pic to go on. Remember I didn't want to remove her history,just return her pride.
 
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