How to Restore a Japanese Sword.

Polishing a 450 year old Japanese sword the traditional way. Thanks to Chris Bowen for his constant pressure for me to better my skills. Polishing a traditional Japanese Sword properly takes years of training and is impossible to learn by oneself. I was lucky enough to learn from 2 trained Japanese sword polishers over the course of several years and they will remain un-named for "political" reasons in the elitist discipline of the Japanese sword collecting world. Beware of amateur polishers using non traditional methods including acid which ruins a sword, and also beware of sword merchants or brokers who are very keen to take your money and send your sword to Japan for years of promises chasing "papers" and traditional polishing by "The best licensed polishers in Japan", while your sword makes it way to polishing students and you pay a premium... Enjoy your sword for what it is, seek out reputable sword polishers if needed or enjoy as is - you are holding history. Please enjoy my short video and do not use it as a learning tool. I am no longer taking on anymore work as I am booked for several years with 2 large collections to restore...and then my own collection should take me into retirement. Thanks for watching!