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Hi David,

I did initially try using the scanner, but as usual too many other things distracting me in the background (meaning other people) and I should have manually scanned it, but not enough...

Hi Lou,

Very interesting stuff that, I'm tempted to have a go, thanks for the link.

Regards
John

Yes the pitting on this one is mainly on the lower half of the blade, but being an F R Reynolds it's fairly heavy so hopefully it wont be too bad.

I just re looked at my photo, geez it's hopeless...

Hi Lancer,

You are absolutely correct, and I guess I have to decide how far I want to go in regards to removing or keeping part of it's identity.

Given the very poor picture of mine and that...

How far do you go with trying to get rid of pitting and stains etc. Do you just have to accept that the etching will not be saved at all. As you can see in the photo, I have polished it up as much as...