Military Sword Polish question

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Hi everyone,

I'm relatively new to Japanese swords but I'm learning as much as I can. I've recently acquired a couple of WWII Swords and I'm curious about the polish on them. Did the WWII Swordsmiths do the type of polish job on them that brings out the Hada and Hamon? It appears that they polished some of them to just a bright shine throughout. Perhaps this is an indication of a non-folded blade. I'd like to know for sure and there's a lot of conflicting information out there about these swords for 2 reasons: First, They're not considered all that collectable by the Japanese Sword "Elite" (with good reason), and second, because the Japanese consider them "weapons" so there's little information coming out of Japan (from what I've read). One of mine has a nice active Hamon but Muji-Hada. The other also has Muji-Hada but the Hamon is... "different". Instead of looking "milky", like and "art-sword" or my other WWII sword, it looks more glossy or shiney near the edge (Actually like I would expect a harder steel to look if it were polished the same as the rest of the blade). I already have pics of one of them posted on an earlier post of mine. I just got the other so pics are coming.

 

Also, the most recent one has some staining and a very light layer of surface rust near the Kissaki. Is there a way to clean it?... Without ruining it?... and without having someone put a $1500 polish job on a $500 sword?! As always thanks in advance!!!

 

John