/k/ - Weapons

>>584157

What you'll need for light rust:

>Mineral oil (A bottle can be picked up at most pharmacies in the laxative section)

>Clean cloths/rags

>A nylon toothbrush

>Cotton swabs

What you may need for heavier rust (be very careful selecting these)

>scrub pad intended for copper bottomed pots (there are scrub pads that are more abrasive, don't use them)

>Brass wire brush (Only use this when the underlying metal can't be seen beneath the rust. Take a magnet with you when you get it so that you don't buy a brass plated brush which can fuck up the steel's remaining finish.)

DO NOT USE ABRASIVES OR ACIDS ON THIS

Your goal is to remove the red oxide on the sword without removing or damaging anything else on it. Be patient and work at it with the toothbrush, cotton swabs and rags before moving to anything more dramatic, and post pics of what it actually looks like before you start.

>>584169

Thanks, m8.

Don't have the sword now, but I figured it's best to know now, then ask later. I'll have limited time with it anyway. BTW, if this changes anything, the corrosion was caused by bile. (friend lives in woods, raccoon came in his cabin once, had to flush it out of chimney)

Appreciate the advice, nonetheless.

>>584238

Luftwaffe is the air force, mate.

>>584238

It's fitting for the airforce, a bit like something a Valkyrie would use.

Death to pagans.

>>584157

>Friend has it, and I want to restore it a bit. It has rusted/corroded a bit near base, but otherwise is in relatively good condition.

So you want to destroy value of friend sword?

Now I want to see combat footage of Luwtwaffle pilots leaning out of the cockpits of their Bf109s and trying to stab the enemy.

>>584303

Wouldn't they want a saber for that?

Honestly, you'd think Germans would have put more thought into this before issuing faux Viking swords willy nilly.

>>584342

The swords were more ceremonial, I think. Given to officers and shit.

>>584293

No, but the huge corroded bit I want to clean up. The blade has been sitting around for 30+years, little to no care done.

>>584362

Yes the German Army back then had a shit tone of ceremonial stuff, including almost all the swords and daggers from that time.

Later Luftwaffe Swords were made of aluminum, so OP should look up is he has an older one or one made of aluminum before trying to clean it.

>>584390

OP said he saw rust on his. Assuming it's actual rust and not something else it's almost certainly one of the older swords, I wouldn't imagine that 1020 series aluminum is all that prone to corrosion.

>>584342

To be entirely fair, going by the autism we saw from 3rd reich R&D/procurement, using a straight blade for that would not be particularly bad by their standards.

>>584342

>Wouldn't they want a saber for that?

That would be retarded a lance would do a far batter job.

>>584549

The plane is already the lance, the sword is for CQC.

Hehe it looks like the zorldo sword

>>584552

Why did japanese game man copy luftwaffle sword design?

>>584554

Because the Jew fears the Samurai.

>>584363

That will decrease it's value. Leave it as it is.

>>584169

would these same things work for a rifle? My K31 has a spot of rust on the top end of its barrel. I've tried going over it with grease and cotton cloth, but it's not really getting it off.

>>584720

Rusty metal is rusty metal. The problem with what you're doing is that grease won't penetrate into rust like a liquid oil would. You should be seeing red-orange on your cloth if anything is actually being taken off.

>>584592

Don't. That shit'll strip it down to the bare metal.