In my traditional fashion, I jumped right into restoration without, well, without knowing a damn thing about it.

Note the staining in the first picture. Note the scratches in the second picture (upper left corner of the blade). Those scratches are from 100 grit in an attempt to remove the staining. There are also the same scratches on the stain in the top center of the blade, they just didn't come out in the picture due to the flash. Do I just need to stay at it and the stains will eventually come out? Then move up in grit? Haha, send it to a pro? That's probably what I should do. Is there any way to remove the staining over the etching without harming the etching? Where do I go from here? Thanks everyone for your help.