Thread: any suggestions?

Originally Posted by Philadelph

This won't nearly get out much of that 'black stuff' though. It's hard to say without seeing the blade in person as to what the best approach would be. I doubt it would be very feasible to get out all of the imperfections and keep that poem though.

Agreed, he may have to live with some "patina", but I truly believe great improvement can be made, it may not look new again, but it can still be a proud piece. My biggest concern would be wether or not the oxidization on the edge has eaten so far that the edge will have to be moved upward toward the last line of the rhyme. I cant tell for sure wether those are chips or just oxidization.