Redlegwolf
New member
Good morning, gentlemen:
For those of you with a garde du corps or garde reiter helmet--or even armor or anything else shiny--do you all polish and shine your metal items? I ask because I am at am impass in making a decision on whether or not to display my new helm as it would have been worn or to leave it untouched. I ask because I keep hearing about people being afraid to ruin items or destroy their value by polishing them, but I am well aware of the Smithsonian polishing items; and I believe that at least the major French museums do polish their armor--and even laquer them to minimize polishing frequency.
Appreciate the feedback before I go through the motions.
v/r
Wolf
For those of you with a garde du corps or garde reiter helmet--or even armor or anything else shiny--do you all polish and shine your metal items? I ask because I am at am impass in making a decision on whether or not to display my new helm as it would have been worn or to leave it untouched. I ask because I keep hearing about people being afraid to ruin items or destroy their value by polishing them, but I am well aware of the Smithsonian polishing items; and I believe that at least the major French museums do polish their armor--and even laquer them to minimize polishing frequency.
Appreciate the feedback before I go through the motions.
v/r
Wolf
