Martin,
I use Alcohol on blades in polish. Uchiko can scratch a blade at times, especailly a sword with horimono (you get scratches at the end or the carving) . I think you can get alcohol that has very little, or no, water.
Mark
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I once saw a NCO sword with an antique blade. It had not been changed since he war so must have been something custom for the NCO. That was rare, i bet i have seen a thousand NCO swords and this was the only one with other than machine made blade
Mark Jones