M1905 Bayo Strange Patina From ???

[browningautorifle]

This isn't magic. Not really unique either... This was probably stored on the beam of the barn or garage for 30 years and took a heavy coat of red dry rust. It was scrubbed off with dry steel wool and sold. The deeper stuff is just pitting, it can all be resurrected, I've done them. It won't look too bad after either.

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[Milsurf]

Thanks. I don't think I'll try to "clean up" this bayo, the surface effect it now exhibits is somewhat remarkable, IMO. I have never seen anything quite like it in over thirty years of collecting firearms and Japanese swords. I still tend to think that the mottling is indicative of the (rather fine) grain structure of the metal in the blade.