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ah. I meant that i was going to leave the patina in the stamps for contrast.

Don't worry. Those will stick around. it is the other side that is in need of re-hollowing

Thanks for the tip. I made due with a single layer of electrical tape and got a pretty nice edge but if i have issues in the future i will keep this in mind.

Sorry pixel. it had a lot of rust that that to go. I did decide that i would leave most of the pitting since the edge was not effected by it. Kinda like that look for this one. I honed it up last...

That is how i ended up with this. SWMBO won't let me get a sword, which would have to be a battle ready blade for me to be happy, that i could display so i got this instead. I took off the bamboo...

Just got this in the mail. Still trying to decide how much clean up i want to do. Thoughts?

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