Thread: How to make it shiny again?

I have noticed that my blade is no longer as pretty as it use to be
when I first bought it, I noticed exp around the tang area(where you rest your fingers)
it seems it has some sort of discoloring.. like its tarnished or whatever you would call it.

Is there a way to make it shinny and pretty again?

Any metal polish that's safe for chrome will work. Just don't get it on any goldwash, or gold leaf; it'll take it right off! I like flitz, maas, or blue magic...safe enough to use on the scales as well.

Originally Posted by tiddle

Any metal polish that's safe for chrome will work. Just don't get it on any goldwash, or gold leaf; it'll take it right off! I like flitz, maas, or blue magic...safe enough to use on the scales as well.

What if there is gold wash stuff? He might have the Dovo Ebony spike with gold on the spine and tang areas. How will I, I mean he, get off the little black specs that are developing? The blade is only 2 months old and used 2-3 times a week, but looks years older. What polish is used and how is it used? Will polish require a resharpening by Lynn? What do I do then? I mean the OP, just in case his problem is exactly like mine.

Aaarrrggh!

Actually I have one as well. I took gold polish, taped off the bare areas of the blade, and went to polishing. Jewelers' rouge (the real jewelers' rouge that is red), wet cloth, smear it on, and buff lightly. If you take a buffer to it then yes it will, just tape just above the edge up to where the gold plating starts, fold the rag in half twice so that it covers just the spine w/ the razor closed (its safer) put polish on the rag, and buff in long back and forth strokes...wham bam thank you mame.

For gold and brass it has to be a polish that says for copper, brass, gold. That's why I suggest using the jeweler's rouge, or jewelry polish. SS, aluminum, chrome polishes are too abrasive and will scrape it off in a heart beat.

Soap and water and maybe something like windex are the only safe preps for gold wash. The idea is to get or fashion a tiny tool small enough to go around the gold wash. I have a watchmakers tool which looks like a pencil but the tip is a bundle of fiberglass tubes. You can use that to take tarnish off and it's a pretty precision device.