new yataghan in my collection

[TVV]

Good job on the cleaning. What chemicals and process did you use to clean the silver inscription?

[gp]

Originally Posted by TVV

Good job on the cleaning. What chemicals and process did you use to clean the silver inscription?

thank you very much. Just a piece of rubber gum one uses for erasing pencil writing.
That mostly does the trick; it do it with all my yataghans.
In this case I only used the gum 5 minutes and the result you can see clearly

Additional I do use some vaseline to loosen the "black" between the letters ;

if it is dirt, the vaseline will loosen it and after a couple of hours or the next day, you can rub it off easily with cotton wool or a piece of cloth.
This does not have a negative impact on the gold and blade
It also leaves a very thin protective layer. Also on the metal decoration between the bone or ivory grip, I use vaseline first as it mostly works there as well.

If it is still too dirty, I use a little acetone as third option, also for the bichaqs. Both silver and gold inscriptions and afterwards with some oil for protection