Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Good Musketeer's Rapier, Probably Saxony, ca. 1600

Matchlock · 27th July 2012, 08:23 PM

Absolutely, Barry,

And it would most probably have doubled its price just a couple of years ago ...

Items like that preserved in virtually untouched condition for hundreds of years are logically getting fewer and fewer each day due to crude overcleaning - SO PLEASE DO LEAVE YOUR ARMS THE WAY THEY ARE!

Remember:
you can always take something off old surfaces but you can never add a patina 'both convincing and real' ... at least for an experienced eye, that is.
I guess I repeated that many times on the forum anyway ...

Best,
Michael

27th July 2012, 08:23 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Absolutely, Barry, And it would most probably have doubled its price just a couple of years ago ... Items like that preserved in virtually untouched condition for hundreds of years are logically getting fewer and fewer each day due to crude overcleaning - SO PLEASE DO LEAVE YOUR ARMS THE WAY THEY ARE! Remember: you can always take something off old surfaces but you can never add a patina 'both convincing and real' ... at least for an experienced eye, that is. I guess I repeated that many times on the forum anyway ... Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 27th July 2012 at 10:46 PM.