Phil,
Your example is exactly why I advocate storing daggers out of their scabbards. It doesn't take up any more room if you use the zippered storaqe cases and it practically guarantees that there will be no "surprises" if you don't handle your daggers regularly!
As for cleaning the inside of the scabbards - seems like a lot of trouble and risk. This is espeically true if you feel compelled to remove the scabbard throat to do the cleaning (and I don't see how you could do an effective job without doing so) because of the potential damage that might be done to the screw heads and/or scabbard throat. Another problem is that a prospective purchaser will almost certainly look for signs that the dagger has been disassembled...a real 'red flag' in my book!
The biggest culprit is moisture that might accumulate in the scabbard over time. Navy daggers, with the runners/scabbard liners made of wood, are the riskiest - especially when you consider that in most cases with Navies you are putting an engraved balde at risk! I have my daggers in safes with de-humidifiers and it's still not a risk I am willing to take. All of them are kept out of the scabbards!
To each his own, but I've never heard anyone say they wish they had not stored their daggers out of the scabbards.
Best,
Skip
Your example is exactly why I advocate storing daggers out of their scabbards. It doesn't take up any more room if you use the zippered storaqe cases and it practically guarantees that there will be no "surprises" if you don't handle your daggers regularly!
As for cleaning the inside of the scabbards - seems like a lot of trouble and risk. This is espeically true if you feel compelled to remove the scabbard throat to do the cleaning (and I don't see how you could do an effective job without doing so) because of the potential damage that might be done to the screw heads and/or scabbard throat. Another problem is that a prospective purchaser will almost certainly look for signs that the dagger has been disassembled...a real 'red flag' in my book!
The biggest culprit is moisture that might accumulate in the scabbard over time. Navy daggers, with the runners/scabbard liners made of wood, are the riskiest - especially when you consider that in most cases with Navies you are putting an engraved balde at risk! I have my daggers in safes with de-humidifiers and it's still not a risk I am willing to take. All of them are kept out of the scabbards!
To each his own, but I've never heard anyone say they wish they had not stored their daggers out of the scabbards.
Best,
Skip
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