Sword in Bad condition, newbie looking for history and help

[milly oz]

I have a katana passed down through the family, but have no background of it. The blade has chips in it, the handle is gone, fittings are damaged, and the tang is rusted, and still wet. help! I'd like to restore it if I can. can anyone help?

 

what pictures should I enclose?

[Grey Doffin]

Hi,

1st, dry anything that's still wet. Then take pictures of the tang from both sides, the point, an overall of the blade, and the fittings, and post them here (see picture posting directions in the Forum Guidelines section. I'm sure you'll get some help. Remember to sign with a name.

Grey

[loiner1965]

as per my pm and what grey said you need to dry out the water thats under the rust..you could spray with wd which would disperce the water but i would gently use a heat source such as a ladies hair dryer from a safe distance.........once dry we need to stop the rust from being active so oil the blade after you taken the pictures of the tang and blade....but do not oil the tang everytime as we need only stop the rust and not to alter the patina etc....