Rusted 17th C persian shamshir within decayed scabbard

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Hi Ibrahim,
Just wanted to thank you for bringing up these long static threads to address some of these maintainance and restoration issues. It seems these questions come up often and it really helps to have the advice from someone who actively is involved regularly in this.

All the best,
Jim

Salaams Jim,

I have added olive oil, pineapple juice, tomato paste and coconut to my list of interesting rust removers.. Sweeping back through the forum is like entering an aladins cave of amazing facts and doctrines...

Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi.