Ethiopian sword needs HELP!!!

Tim Simmons · 3rd December 2005, 08:50 PM

Where did the scabbard come from? It looks almost made for the sword, many a dealer would pass it off as so. As to cleaning the best advice is very carefully

what is the stain? is it rust? you cannot get rust on top of gold. Will bits push off using a blunt scraper like a butter knife. You might have to leave some of it on the gilding and just clean around it. To me it looks that it just needs some oil rubbed in with the very finest grade steel wool . Tim

3rd December 2005, 08:50 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	Where did the scabbard come from? It looks almost made for the sword, many a dealer would pass it off as so. As to cleaning the best advice is very carefully what is the stain? is it rust? you cannot get rust on top of gold. Will bits push off using a blunt scraper like a butter knife. You might have to leave some of it on the gilding and just clean around it. To me it looks that it just needs some oil rubbed in with the very finest grade steel wool . Tim