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your sword, knife or dagger you have received is well wrapped and greased
to protect from rust. Carefully unwrap your purchase and you will
see it is well greased and wrapped in plastic. Unwrap the plastic
and take an old cloth or rag and wipe the grease off. We use petroleum
jelly as a protective grease. If you wish to totally remove the protective
film left on after wiping it off, spray all the steel parts with WD40 and
wipe off with another old rape or cloth.
We strongly reccomend that you do use some kind of protective oil on
all steel parts, ie; blade, crossguard and pommel.
The functional Legacy Arms swords are made of High Carbon Spring Steel,
so they require a bit more care. Any time you handle the blade, it will
leave your natural oils and sweat on the blade, and if you don't treat
them immediately, they will rust and make horrible stains on your beautiful
sword. After you have handled your sword, use a clean soft cloth or paper
towel and use a few drops of Legacy Arms Sword Oil, and lightly rub the
entire blade (and any other metal parts that are made of High Carbon Spring
Steel).
If there is heavy dirt or something sticky, you can use a green Scotch
Brite pad instead, but be careful not to rub too hard and scratch the blade.
After you've done this, wipe off the residue from the prior cleaning. Finally,
use another cloth or paper towel with the Legacy Arms Sword Oil to wipe
down the metal parts. When you are done, the sword should have a light
protective sheen of oil.
If you have a wood handle (on such models as the Bowies knives), every
so often we suggest wiping it lightly with boiled linseed oil.
On the scabbards or leather wrapped handles it will help to polish them
with black shoe polish (on all black leather) or dark brown (on all dark
brown scabbards).
Also do not store your quality sword or dagger in the leather sheath,
it may cause rust.
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