Hello folks! Today I have a unique thing, for the first time on the channel. Restoration of Chris Dagger. This blade is popular and common in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. I got it from France through my friend. I don't know how this dagger got to France. I know one thing that the seller said that this blade is from the 19th century. Well, let's start the restoration.

This is the first time I have held such a dagger in my hands. I tried to make the whole restoration process neat due to the fact that the item is rare and I am not familiar with it.
First of all, I took the dagger apart. I cleaned the blade and the brass part from the scabbard with a sandblaster. I immersed the beautiful wooden handle (by the way, without a single damage) in oil for one week.

I sanded and polished the brass part of the scabbard. I closed the hole that was at the end with cold welding, then sanded it with sandpaper and painted it with gold paint.
I sanded the wooden scabbard, plastered it with glue and wood dust. Then I covered the sheath with putty for wood and then painted the sheath. Then, using sandpaper, I leveled the layer and covered it with another layer of paint.

After light polishing, I etched the dagger with iron chloride so that the drawing (most likely Damascus) would become clearer and more pronounced.
I connected the hilt and the dagger with cold welding. Why? Because epoxy and resin, etc. could stain such an original beautiful handle.
As usual, I conducted an easy test and now I have a unique thing! Thank you for your attention!

Sincerely, Alex. Thanks for attention!
Good luck and health to everyone! With best wishes, Alex!
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