Hello,
this is my first project. It is an old and cheap from the web. In fact it was accident that it come a resto project. The basic meaning was only to learn to hone better. Now the planning is to do it so good as I can get it. Always have to be some challenges.

It is about 6/8 half hollow. On the tang is text: Paul Waldmin NEYER-SOLINGEN. On the other side is text: NARVA. On the blade are etching NARVA on the flag figure.
This is from Germany, I think? How old it could be?

Scales are black plastic and they are quite thin. Maybe I have to make new ones because there are some notches.

The blade has any rust, but metal are fuzzy and you hardly can see that etching. I am not sure if I just try to polish it with no worries if it disappears. Maybe I will try sanding it. What will you do in this case?
BTW are here any Finns at the tune? What kind of polishing matter we have here in Finland? MAAS? What have you used?

Someone had tried to hone the blade with unsuitable hone. The blade was thinner at the centre than at the heel and the toe. It was like “crying blade”. I start honing it with basic x-strokes. But luckily I read from the Wiki about the breadknifing technique. I tried it and it works well and was quick to do. Now the blade is straight and dull. Now I have to decide what to do with the etching.