Saving an acid etched image
Greetings one and all,
Rediscovering the joys of DE wet shaving after many years of electric and multi-blade butchery, I decided to restore my great-grandfather's Wade & Butcher masonic straight edge that my grandmother gifted to me back in the early 1970s. To my dismay, the once very visible etching was now covered in patina and age (what did I expect for storing the item in its case for 37 years). My question, before I go crazy with greaseless rubbing compounds, is there a way to revive the etching or is a professional restoration better suited for the project? I can post pictures, if it will help.
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Here are the pictures of the blade
I apologize for the poor quality.