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					Originally Posted by kai
					
				 
				Your blade does seem to be a genuine antique sewar. To be frank, the heavy pitting seems to be from excessive etching (and/or neglect). If it were not looking like a pretty much lost case, I would think about reworking/repolishing/staining the blade. I don't think this is feasible with this piece though. 
			
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 Agree, I also would repolishing the blade, it will look much better after this.