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Originally Posted by Sikh_soldier
can you only reveal the pattern on polished steel
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I don't know; in my case the blade had already been cleaned prior to it coming into my possesion so it wasn't a big step to take. I do know that by polished I don't mean mirror polished on a buffing wheel. I went over it by hand, using wet sandpaper with a fine grade of machine oil, finishing with crocus cloth, It takes longer but there's less risk of damaging the blade or destroying the temper.
Try searching the forum using 'wootz' as the key and read some of the threads. I'm sure someone with more knowledge has commented before.