Kirpan Maintenance

[Guest Glasgow Singh]

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, vaheguru ji ki fateh

sangat ji, my brother has brought me a kirpan from england, its beautiful, but hasnt been well taken care of, any ideas on how to get marks off it, and get it sharpened and stunning again?

[Gurbar Akaal]

Over time the shastar can get pitted, which is like dark indents in the metal, the deeper they are the harder it is to get rid of them. In some cases of poor care, the metal starts to look like its bubbling. The cheapest method to make your shastar look more new and remove light pitting and rust is to use emery paper, you can find it in Wickes, its a black sandpaper which is specially designed for metals. Rip off a small square from the sheet, dip it in water and gently polish the shastar in small circles.

To sharpen it you will need a sharpening stone or a hone, id recommend DMT, which you can get from machinemart.co.uk

[Tarrandeep Kaur]

you could sharpen it with a coarse file, or get it professionally sharpened. if you shaster is sarbloh, becareful, as it may chip if not sharpened properly. To clean it, you could use sand paper or steel wool. depends what your shasters like.

[Gurbar Akaal]

If it is made out of "sarbloh" i wouldnt even waste my time sharpening it, cos as soon as you put it in the miyaan it will be blunt again.

[Tarrandeep Kaur]

If it is made out of "sarbloh" i wouldnt even waste my time sharpening it, cos as soon as you put it in the miyaan it will be blunt again.

no, i have a sarbloh shaster, and had it sharpened, and it hasnt become blunt again.

[Gurbar Akaal]

Depends on what your defination of "sharp" is. Most sarbloh will lose the "burr" that you get from the edge when you run your finger on it.

[Tarrandeep Kaur]

Depends on what your defination of "sharp" is. Most sarbloh will lose the "burr" that you get from the edge when you run your finger on it.

k well i my hand sliped and i my finger caught the balde, and i got a deep cut, really hurt aswell. trust me lol, its sharp. i think it depends on the quality of sarbloh, and the content of steel in it.

[One Man Army]

i use a diamond sharpner. you need to try and get a 23 degree angle onto it. its in the way you try to sharpen it. my sri sahibs r razor sharp now. if not doing it correctly you just end up giving it a rounder edge, lol.

[wannabekaur5]

WJKK WJKF

Ur lucky u guys can carry kirpans properley, I no sum1 who has a reeli anti-sikhi mum and she superglued the kirpan together so you can't even take it out!!

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[jassa]

and oil it before u keep it some where for next 6 months ... that would prevent rusting ....

in sikhs dushera is celebrated as shaster pujjan divas mareyda started by dasme pitta ... if u have stored shasters take then out ... easy way is clean with sand paper oil them and keep them for year ...