Another Veteran SS M33!!!!!!!!

[tanker]

What is the thought on uncleaned fittings. I see these daggers and the crossguards look terrible with all the green verdigris/dirt and wonder if it should be cleaned or left alone. I am not talking about over aggressive cleaning, but certainly cleaning would be much more acceptable than fittings with this type of grime/dirt. I am sure there will both schools of thought. Ron

[The Red Baron]

What is the thought on uncleaned fittings. I see these daggers and the crossguards look terrible with all the green verdigris/dirt and wonder if it should be cleaned or left alone. I am not talking about over aggressive cleaning, but certainly cleaning would be much more acceptable than fittings with this type of grime/dirt. I am sure there will both schools of thought. Ron

I think this is a matter of preference. being young I don't know how it used to be, but I hear that in the past decades, cleaning up and shining up was more common among collectors and dealers alike. Now, I think the general preference is to leave pieces untouched like this. While some people say this "destroys" the nickle, I feel that would literally take decades or centuries to come to fruition and I like the whole piece to match. Further, the one thing I do often do is softly wipe down blades on my vet finds and all my daggers with microfiber cloth to get the oil often seen on vet daggers like this. Sometimes warm water on the cloth helps. And I never put any of my blades back in their scabbards. BUT, this is all preference I think!

Thanks

[JR.]

I think this is a matter of preference. being young I don't know how it used to be, but I hear that in the past decades, cleaning up and shining up was more common among collectors and dealers alike. Now, I think the general preference is to leave pieces untouched like this. While some people say this "destroys" the nickle, I feel that would literally take decades or centuries to come to fruition and I like the whole piece to match. Further, the one thing I do often do is softly wipe down blades on my vet finds and all my daggers with microfiber cloth to get the oil often seen on vet daggers like this. Sometimes warm water on the cloth helps. And I never put any of my blades back in their scabbards. BUT, this is all preference I think!

Thanks

[simply daggers]

Thats a real beauty !!

[tanker]

You may be right, but when it comes time to sell, I 'll bet those dealers/collectors would use it as a negative to buy cheaper.
Ron

I think this is a matter of preference. being young I don't know how it used to be, but I hear that in the past decades, cleaning up and shining up was more common among collectors and dealers alike. Now, I think the general preference is to leave pieces untouched like this. While some people say this "destroys" the nickle, I feel that would literally take decades or centuries to come to fruition and I like the whole piece to match. Further, the one thing I do often do is softly wipe down blades on my vet finds and all my daggers with microfiber cloth to get the oil often seen on vet daggers like this. Sometimes warm water on the cloth helps. And I never put any of my blades back in their scabbards. BUT, this is all preference I think!

Thanks

[J. Wraith]

You may be right, but when it comes time to sell, I 'll bet those dealers/collectors would use it as a negative to buy cheaper.
Ron

That's when you tell them to go scratch their arse and pull the sale. Easy call to make.

[The Red Baron]

That's when you tell them to go scratch their arse and pull the sale. Easy call to make.

Even if a buyer complained.....they could just clean it....its not like things are going to change much in the next years after 70 years. And I think patina/uncleaned increases the price and desirability in the current market. but to each their own!

[J. Wraith]

Even if a buyer complained.....they could just clean it....its not like things are going to change much in the next years after 70 years. And I think patina/uncleaned increases the price and desirability in the current market. but to each their own!

Nah, as soon as they say its dirty and grimy its over. Send them home to mommy on principle and you don't touch dirty, grimy SS daggers unless your a tart and tarts should shop for beenie babies. But that's me and I don't have the patience to deal with those people, they can go screw.

[Reibert-Austria]

... They are a few still out there.

Indeed, they really are ! ...

Bought these two daggers a couple of yrs. ago in an underground garage of a shopping centre.

The source of the daggers:
An private sold note in a newspaper !

[Reibert-Austria]

The blades were heavilly greased ...

[The Red Baron]

Exactly! This is why I get everything off of the blades, oil, etc.

[zozole]

Beautiful Herder! With lots of character..

Congrats on your find.

Cheers

Emil

[JONATHAN]

Lucky you - great dagger, I loved the uncleaned look

[Rheingold]

A lovely dagger,Red

I'm looking in the wrong places!

Indeed