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This page shows blades polished by Japanese art sword polisher David S. Hofhine both before and after polishing. First is a very good quality o-suriage katana. It has been shortened 4 5/8". Its current length is 30 3/8" giving an original length of 35"! Blade has chips, pits, deep scratches, bends, and general rust.
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Here is the same blade after full polish. The scan does not do justice to the final polish, especially the beautiful ji-hada and fine detail of the hamon, but you get the general idea. The lines on the mune are some oil streaks that did not get wiped off all the way.
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Here is an interesting example of a Finish polish only. Please do not let this blade give you the wrong idea about finish polishes. Someone had used fine finger stones to clean this blade, so it looks pretty gray, but other than that it had a mostly smooth clean surface.
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Note the deeper scratches and small chips it had could not be removed with just the fine finishing stones. I can't even tell you how many times people have sent me a rust spotted sand papered mess and expected super fine finishing stones alone to somehow clean it all up. This is frustrating on both ends, so read the description on the SERVICES page carefully about what can and can not be fixed by finishing stones alone.
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This is a 15 1/2" wakizashi signed Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi in pretty rough condition.
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This is the same Yoshimichi blade after full polish. Note the kiku-mon in the hamon and the sunagashi above the hamon typical of a Yoshimichi blade.
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