Best way to clean Soviet Shashka

[kmoney10]

Hi All,

I am hoping that some of you can share your experience in cleaning the blade and pommel. Attaching a few pictures of the blade and it's condition.

Read somewhere that a person used very fine sand paper, like 1000 grit. I know this isn't the ideal way, but i wanted to clean it and apply some of that renaissance wax to protect it from rust.

Thanks in advance!

[Nige H]

It depends what you are try to achieve?

Do you wish to remove the black rust from the pitting in the blade or are you looking at just a protective coating or some sort or other?

Nige

[kmoney10]

I want to remove the black rust and the coat it with Renaissance Wax.