Originally Posted by
Carolina Kiltman
Just a caveat here, Silver turns black very quickly, especially in the presence of sulphur. The best thing would be to polish them, and let them start to tarnish (maybe fasten them to a piece of wood and run them through several cycles of the dishwasher?) then coat them with clear lacquer.) That plus the weight would be my only concern.
IMHO they would look great!
Nae, nae, and thrice nae. I've seen people do that with medals. It doesn't look right anyway and after a few years the lacquer will start to yellow. You just let them tarnish and polish them from time to time.. I have an argyle with brass buttons as well as uniforms that need polishing. Polish always looks better than staybright or gloss paint or heaven forfend patent leather (the devil's leather)
The 'Eathen in his idleness bows down to wood and stone,
'E don't obey no orders unless they is his own,
He keeps his side arms awful,
And he leaves them all about,
Until up comes the Regiment and kicks the 'Eathen out.
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