Thread: Pearl King - Cleaned Up

Picked this guy up cheap from ebay, wanted to try cleaning it up without killing the etching/plating. Clearly not a spotless finish since I was afraid I'd kill the plating. The scales were very warped and the blade wouldn't fit into the scales without pivoting the (loose) wedge. I was able to straighten the scales out, but the blade still doesn't center just right. Nothing amazing here, but figured I'd share this evening's project.

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After:

Looks good, bet it'll shave even better

Very nice. I am surprised you were able to clean up around the gold wash as well as you did without removing it.

Nice job in bringing her back, thanks for sharing it.

Thanks for the comments. I taped over the goldwash and etching for the initial clean up, then took it off and very lightly touched it up with 2k paper and a bit of mother's polish very lightly applied with my finger and wiped away. Then I tried to blend the slight edges that had formed around the tape.