My second post here, and it's related to my first one:
Identifing a japanese tanto
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=313267

After your opinions and some others, I've decided to tackle this project by myself.
Took me a while, but for those who are interested, see my video below for the process and result:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCROrU_hmnE

There are some before and after shots attached too if you don't want to watch the entire video.

Let me know what you think! :)

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I'm not really big on Japanese weapons, but THAT is beautiful! You did an excellent job of breathing new life into an old blade. Your polish job is first rate. :D ....McM

Heel erg indrukwekkend, mooi gedaan!

Hannes,

Really appreciated your video, liked the "how I did it" details. Your success just might have inspired me to attempt restoring a similar Japanese blade. And my compliments on your patience ....

Cheers,
Dan

Hi Hannes.
Thank you for sharing the
video and good job on the tanto and I am impressed

Thanks for the kind words!
It did take a lot of patience, especially the seemingly endless grinding/polishing got really tiresome after a while.
Did not enjoy that part very much after a few days/hours, but really liked doing all the rest though :)