There was a thread on myArmoury recently discussing this, so I've been thinking about it again. I've written a concise description of my observations of what works pretty well. Anyone have anything to add?
http://ed.toton.org/essays/swordmaintenance.htmlWe also have some brief info on SwordWiki:
http://swordwiki.org/wiki/Sword_MaintenanceThis all comes with the disclaimer, of course, that I'm a much better expert at letting them rust since I rarely take my own advice.