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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. I recently purchased this Sri Sahib from India and have removed all it's packaging. I have a few questions regarding it's care. 1.) I have been oiling the blade with coconut oil once a month but because the bade is curved and circular (in width) how would I retain it's keenness? How can I sharpen it on a whetting stone? 2.) What do I polish the handle with? 3.) The bottom of the sheath is metal as well, how do I stop it from blackening and dulling; how do I keep it clean and polished? 4.) The sheath is similar to leather but stitched, any tips on taking care of it?

I have a pretty long taksali sri sahib. It looks very nice, but the problem is that the handle part at the end where you hold it from has many scratches and slowly it is becoming kinda dark and stuff. Is it okay if I add a sort of leather grip on the handle to protect from damage? Will it cause any problems with the iron? Does anyone with knowledge in this kinda stuff tell me how to add one myself? If that is not possible, then does anyone know of a way to remove the scratches and give it a brand new look? My kirpan looks exactly like this: https://www.facebook.com/Lsnaagi/photos/a.639552042834228.1073741842.238662012923235/688275261295239/?type=1&theater Please give me other tips on kirpan maintenance too

How to sharpen your kirpan: {Watch in 720p/1080p) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ ॥ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਹਿ I've seen a lot of Sikhs wearing dull kirpans, some even have their kirpana welded to the miyan which defeats the purpose of wearing a kirpan. I made a short tutorial for the Sangat so everyone can easily sharpen their kirpana that are ready to use if you ever need to protect yourself in self defense or protect others from harms way. Here is a link to the sharpener I bought, it is perfect for the basic taksali kirpans, but I do not recommend using this for more expensive shastars due to the possibility of chipping. 1095 usually have a chance of shipping whereas spring steels like 5160 do not. Whatever it is, if you've paid a lot for your shastar, don't use this and instead get it sharpened with a belt or a water stone, but for basic kirpans this is perfect: Amazon link, current price 6.50: http://tinyurl.com/lbud6ey The main reason I made this tutorial is because of recent events such as London machete incident, ideally a Singh could have taken those atvaadi down and defended the soldier. It's almost beadbi to carry around a shastar that isn't sharp because you won't be able to use it for even a simple task of cutting a kela, let alone defending against a violent criminal out to harm you, your family or others. Please forward this video and 'like' it if you liked it. If you didn't or thought it could improve, please provide feedback.

its length is 3ft , on its hilt a flag symbol and its number is mentioned , my uncle was in patiala army, , after his death, this pass to me, in 1947 many muslim people killed by this sword , and this sword also used in many clashes , in one pic the cut on its blade tells its story, when i was in 8th class it given to me by my uncle, this is old sword,