I own a long dagger/short sword. The hilt is in the design of the German eagle with its wings spread out as the hand guard and in the middle of the hand guard is a swastika. The scabbard is also adorned with swastikas on the top, mid section, and bottom.
I don’t want to own this piece as I don’t want to be seen as a Nazi sympathizer or anything of the sort, but I don’t want to sell it to someone who actually is a Nazi sympathizer or something like that.
What do I do with it besides trash it? I don’t want to trash it because it’s decent quality. It’s not historic in any way (which disturbs me to think about) but it’s well made.
What can I do with it?
*The item in question is not historical
It was made within the last two decades
decent quality
Are you sure about that? I mean, maybe you’re a person who’s way more into blades than I am, but a regular person would be hard pressed to differentiate between a “quality” blade and a “mall ninja shit” blade.
It’s definitely well constructed when it comes to actual use. I’ve used it for test cutting before and it’s held up just fine. It wouldn’t be useful for defense but it would function as a dagger/short sword.
And I’m no expert but I studied machining and metalworking in school so I know good steel.
Melt it down and turn it into something that can be used for good, not to harm.
If you want to give it away, look for a museum. Alternatively look for a history group or a theater group you could give it to. Turning a real world items into functional stage props with connection to the time period of plays is is pretty neat.
send a gift to Bert kreischer
You could de-nazi it. Use a Dremel/rotary tool to take off all the Nazi shit.
I concur with the dremel approach. Grind the shenanigans off and proceed as usual. Bonus spitepoints if you do antifa logo or something.
They could just draw three arrows on top of the swastika
Destroy it.
I’d honestly destroy it in some way, due to what it represents. Fuck saving or selling it.
We need to remember this history and all its details obviously, but we have a gargantuan amount of written and recorded history already enough, so I’d happily destroy any of that trash I found. With a smile.
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I mean, the only person who would want it is a nazi…
If you knew a blacksmith they might smelt it, but I don’t even know if that would be a waste of money/effort for them. Maybe one would do it for the symbolism? Same for a scrap recycling place.
Just break it and throw it away
Read enough comments to learn it’s a replica. Got a talented buddy with lathe? They might be able to transmorgify it into something very different, maybe even cool-looking.
Does MTG know that it’s missing from her house yet?
Melt it down and cast it the metal into a buttplug.
Simply the only solution
I get fucked in the ass by enough things, I don’t need to Nazi’s doing it too
Maybe a theatre is interested in it as requisite for a play.
Maybe it’s sonething a museum would be interested on?
I doubt that. As I said it’s not historical. It was made within the last two decades so I don’t see a museum being interested.
Oh yeah, so it’s just junk.
If it were actually from WWII, I’d say there’s no reason not to hold on to a piece of history, but if it’s just neo-nazi garbage? I agree with the others saying modify it or toss it.
Oh, so it’s not actually Nazi memorabilia, just gross fanart. Melt it down.
Oh, I missed that part. Just trash it, then.
Oh it’s a replica? Why do you have it in the first place?
It was a gift though I don’t even remember who gave it to me.
Edit: It was my sister. The blade was her exes and she didn’t want to keep it due to obvious reasons.
You did not have a big reaction as in “WTF are you on about?!” after being gifted a nazi prop? IMO both you and the gifter should’ve had an unfavorable memory of the event etched onto your brains forever.
No it was one of those “I need to get rid of this and you’re the only person I feel comfortable having it because I know you’re not a Nazi” things.
They gave it to me because they knew I would appreciate it as a blade and not as Nazi fan art shit.
It was my sister btw. It was her exes and she gave it to me. I just remembered since people keep asking and I’ve been thinking about it.
No worries, figured there was a story behind it. That is a pretty wild ex though, good riddance (the ex and not the blade).
My only other thought besides destroying it: maybe gift it to a theater so it can be used as a prop? There are plays that focus on nazis/neo-nazis (e.g. The Producers) so maybe they could get some use out of it?
It was made within the last two decades
In that case, destroy it and drop it into a scrap metal recycling bin.
Happy cake day! 🍰
melt it down and turn it into some anti-fascist art.
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