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I wouldn't put the naval jelly on the blade just the rough area of the shank. Mask the blade off with nail polish while your doing the rough shank and the do the blade with paper and polish.

Ray

IF you talking about logos and names etched int eh shank, as long as you don't leave it on any longer than needed to remove the rust you should not see any appreciable deterioration of the original...

To keep that texture you can strip the rust chemically. You can use naval jelly or bluing stripper to remove the rust. I would leave the pits as part of the texture. Then dip it in baking soda...

Nice Job. I like the shape of the scales and the double pins in the wedge end. Personally, I think I would have kept the hammered texture on the shank/tang. I think the contrast between the...