Remember the rules for welding to high carbon steels or you will just have it crack in the HAZ!
Cutlass' were choppers and so usually were blade heavy.
Interesting way of developing a patina, much like clean the rust off a chain by dragging it around a quarry behind your truck...
However I'd suggest making a clean blade and then mottling it with mustard to give an aged patina.
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Thomas
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