Stever Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Wikipedia is your friend : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil /steve Quote
Stephen Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 one other note NEVER clove oil from the drugist, it will and have seen turn steel blue/purple. Quote
anne_brewer Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks! Checked out Lohman's. Very cool stuff. Am still mulling over what to order, other than clove oil, if anything. :D Anne Quote
Stephen Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 the maintenance box is the best deal, you'll have your Uchiko ball and hammer to remove the peg, To take the wood box and find a quite place in the home is very calming to spend time with the sword, to hold it out from you, study the sugata, power it to remove old oil, then add new. its kinda Zen like if you get your mind into it. Quote
Guest reinhard Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Just for consideration: The Japanese managed to preserve swords for many centuries. Some of them, dating from Heian-period, are still in pristine condition. No other culture came even close to this. They developed techniques of preservation, which anticipated the decay of the blade and reduced it to a minimum; foreseeing this process for hundreds of years. This is, basically, why we are here. Which one of you can SAFELY tell, how his private mixture of "snake-oil" will affect his sword(s) during the next 10, 100, 1000 years? Does it affect a Ko-Naminohira the same way like a Saito Kiyondo? This is not about chemistry first, nor personal taste or saving money. It's about standing in a line of responsible owners. reinhard Quote
Jean Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Best way : Keep it in a vault vacuum packed. :D :D Quote
Martin Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 My own evil twin (I guess everybody has one :D ) just quietly asked me if this thread is still Tosogu-related Quote
Stephen Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Quote quietly asked me if this thread is still Tosogu-related was it ever? Quote
Brian Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Thank you Martin for getting me back on track. I have split the topic and created a new tsuba related one here:http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3301 That one shall be only for the tosogu of this sword. As for this oil-soaked thread, I don't have much high hopes for its survival much longer. Regards, Brian Quote
Bobcat Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Stephen said: the maintenance box is the best deal, you'll have your Uchiko ball and hammer to remove the peg, To take the wood box and find a quite place in the home is very calming to spend time with the sword, to hold it out from you, study the sugata, power it to remove old oil, then add new. its kinda Zen like if you get your mind into it.Someone at the NY sword club meeting suggested I get such a kit. Do you have any specific products and/or sources for them? Do they come with instructions in English? Thanks... Quote
Jacques Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Hi, Bob, Products: here (are the best) Sword care: here Quote
anne_brewer Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Posted June 3, 2008 Jacques and Stephen, Have sent this wonderful info to my dear husband - the swordcare kit and clove oil are now on my birthday list. I know he is grateful to you all for making his shopping easier. Thank you again for the links and suggestions. Anne Quote
Gabriel L Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 (I assume from your post you've got this sorted yourself, but just in case:) Please note that the first link Jacques posted is a great company, but their homepage shows a polishing kit - NOT something for amateurs! This link takes you to the same company's list of sword care products, including the basic Care Kit in Wood Box which includes all the necessities. Cheers, -GLL Quote
w.y.chan Posted June 8, 2008 Report Posted June 8, 2008 Glad to see the subject of sword care has been re-raised as it should be as much as possible as it was in the old forum and in other forums. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3165&hilit=tsubaki Fujishiro oil & uchiko has been around for awhile, first use them about 14 years ago and still for me they are the best. I tried 2 different polisher's premium uchiko and no I wil not use them again on polished blades. Quote
DanielLee Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 I got my Fujishiro kit from here http://www.tokenkonnoart.com/booksand.htm Daniel Quote
w.y.chan Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 DanielLee said: I got my Fujishiro kit from here http://www.tokenkonnoart.com/booksand.htm Daniel Tatsuhiko Konno is of the Fujishiro school of polishers Quote
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