LW Dagger - Is this original?

[metho31]

[Me109G]

Cleaning

Theo and Dav - thanks for your thoughts on cleaning.

I have tried to be very careful when cleaning. I have only cleaned the eagle once which brightened it up a bit without losing the contrast with the darker parts (which I agree would be a shame to lose!). I clean the blade to remove rust only (should it appear). The scabbard I find more difficult to clean as surface rust sometimes reappears a little while after I have cleaned it off...

I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the best way to clean these daggers and also what cleaning products to use.

Thanks, David

[Wim Vangossum]

The scabbard is phosphated to a grey color. So Im' afraid any cleaning could harm the surface. Maybe you can put some renwax (museum wax) on it to seal it from the air.

Regards, Theo
(Wim Vangossum)