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Polishing A Nihonto


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I have a question: Is there a way to polish a nihonto for someone who doesn't know how to polish...

 

So after i got my wakizashi out of it's stuck tsuka by destroying the tsuka :( i had the idea to restore the sword a bit, because it's full of scratches and whatnot. and i mean like a loooot of scratches.

So i want to clean it up a bit and be able to see all it's aspects cleaner.

 

Thanks in Advance

 

 

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You might consider posting a few pictures. This will give a better idea of condition and then you'll get better advice as to how you might proceed. It just depends on condition if it can be saved. If you decide to have it polished, it's important you choose a Japanese trained polisher.

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  • 4 months later...

and the weekly uchiko works, i see a big difference now.

but yet again it has alot of scratches made by previous owners...

and i kinda knew there wasn't a way for the polishing itself to be done by me, just curious if there was a other way of cleaning the blade a bit.

I think i have some pics somewhere of the blade...

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here are some pics

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excuse me for my lateness but i wasn't actually referring in my first post  to 'THE polishing' which i am totally unqualified for but was referring to the improvement of a blade full of scrathes and dirt by cleaning the dirt off the blade a bit and such.

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Hi Jonas,

Other than cleaning off the bit of cosmoline than remains at the top of the nakago (alcohol and a rag) there is nothing you can do to improve the sword's appearance and a lot you might dream up that could do damage.  Leave it be.

Grey

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Thank you, 

I knew there wasn't much i could do... except bringing it to a polisher but that might get expensive and a gamble with this blade.

even with the the smallest almost unexisting chance to damage my sword i'm panicking so i will leave it as.( it even pained me when i was breaking the tsuka off(other story: the tsuka was glued together with lacquer and glue.))

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