Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2024

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Photos of current state. Really wish I had taken a before photo. Going to see if I can get the new hand guard properly laser engraved as the original is in tough shape.

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I would have soaked in Muriatic acid and be done with rust. It works wonderfully.

The pics here are not a "K bar" but a Mk1 I think. It was just leather stock. I did a kit too and the hardest is gluing the slabs and then the slimming.

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I would have soaked in Muriatic acid and be done with rust. It works wonderfully.

The electrolysis worked pretty well but I think the acid might get the rest. Isn't there a water MA mix ratio? How much soak time?

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a water MA mix ratio? How much soak time?

Yes, I've been told 50/50. I just use straight and a couple hours or until it's ALL gone. It'll do it up perfect for you. If you leave it overnight, it'll turn black when you wash it.

[Aragorn243]

Yard Sales not much this morning, just a souvenir plate from the Patton Museum





1st day for the one antique flea market I hit was better. I picked up a pretty standard US mess kit from 1966. Also this shell which I believe is a Russian 57x347 anti-aircraft or anti-tank shell casing.

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More munitions today. The first is a BLU 26/B Inert Cluster Bomblet:







The second is a BDU-33 D/B practice bomb from 1979:













I also picked up two more US mess kits, a LEYSE 1944 an a LEYSE 1952

And finally two more toy halftracks, a Dinky and a Matchbox. Tracks are on order for both.