What an idiot, you devalued it. The blades weren't sharpened, it's a poking weapon.

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What size is that pipe you used to hang it?

Great grandfather was in the Civil War🤣🤣🤣

Similar project...Grandfather's RN officers sword. Hours of wet/dry different grits, various metal polishes, and finally compound and machine mop. Then a wonderful moment of realisation....If I carry on like this Im going to ruin it forever.🤔 I've taken it to a professional metal finisher......close call!

Good job! You have a great piece of the history of your family, keep it forever

The lemon on the sword is a good way to put a patina on the blade which was a way to stop rusting

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Great Great grandfather.

I’m pretty sure you just dropped the price on that sword

Sure it looks good, however seeing that it's civil war era did you do any research on weather or not "restoring" this sword did anything to its value or any historical significance (lacking a better term) may have been damaged. I may not have worded this correctly but i hope you get where im going here . And again, i'm not knocking what you did, it really does look fantastic but sometimes items like that (your sword) need to be treated with extra special care.

He could’ve taken a look at the sword placement near the handle to see if it was C.S. or U.S.

God he really did ruin it!

My dad is Currently in the military and gave me his. I don’t remember where he got it but it’s really cool

If you inherit an antique sword, DO NOT do what this guy did to it… there ARE ways to restore them properly, but none of them involve lemons, big-ass buffing wheels and a yolo approach to sandpaper.

If no one has mentioned it.... you're not to short for it. It's a Calavery saber, designed to use on horse back.

I met a man once who had a sword that was worth $10,000.00 He decided to clean it. After it was cleaned it looked amazing. 1 year later he decided to sell it. He still has his $200 sword.

You think it's easy to destroy the value of a Civil War saber? It takes hours and hours of hard work!

Incase you haven’t figured it out yet, that is a union sword. You’re good haha

What the hell are you doing man! This makes me cringe....you destroyed this thing... thank god there was no engraving or was and you erased it... soap and water... oil... renaissance wax.... and then go from there... that's not supposed to look new.... I restore/polish Japanese antiques and this makes me sick...whoever gave this to you could be proud.... wrecked it. Looked better original..just needed oil/ren wax and displayed.. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤮😖😖😖😖

I'm doubting that your great-grandfather was in the Civil War

thanks I have a CW sword too

I wish I head my great grandfathers sword he was KIA Aug 4 1864

Dated 1865. Foreign (German) saber design. The war ended in mid-1865, so this saber never saw any civil war battle. I can almost guarantee it was too late for this to be involved in the civil war. Most likely was used at some point during the American-Indian war.

Your not supposed to clean them..... But whatever......

I’ve actually have the same sword and I’m restoring it as well, good looking brotha

I cringed throughout the video. PLEASE CHECK WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS BEFORE "RESTORATION ". I have seen people destroy the value of a sword with 25cents of brillo.

Jordannn why haven’t you posted in two years dude

So it's stamped U.S. so he was probably a Calvary Soldier or it could have been a sword he bought at a yard sale or pawn shop somewhere. Most soldiers have more than a single momento from their service. If he did serve during the Civil War you'd probably have found tin type pictures of him in uniform, journals, other gear, medals and other insignia that was his as well. To bad it didn't say Nashville Plow Works.

The idiot wrecked the saber. Never, never use power to grind down the blade! Gentle hand use only! The lemon was even stupider, if possible. Sanding, and buffing to a polish finished the poor thing off. Only use the finest grade steel or copper wool. Whatever value it had is now less than half.

Learn how to f***k up a real irreplaceable piece of history.

Union strong.

Woah. Hey wait, your grandfather was in the civil war? 😳 Edit: I see now that it was your "Great Grandfather's"!

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So the way that I do tHaT

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I can see that they don't have the high end equipment so to have more of the machines and departments. The woodshop I give it a C+ for effort.

What a great piece of family history. I have a USMC sword passed down in our family that I would like to clean/restore, which is how I came across your video. Great tips

It looks like what you did with the lemon is you accidentally applied a patina to the blade. This is a form of oxidation of the steel, similar to rust, but chemically different. I do it to my machetes so that they're more resistant to corrosion. You can apply a patina to carbon steel with anything that's high in acid, like lemons, vinegar, and mustard, or even with things like potatoes and coffee. In small amounts, vinegar is good for cleaning rust (Metatron did a good video on this), but leaving it in there for hours can result in a strong reaction.

Restoring that sword was no different then painting over the mona lisa

Please make more videos!!!!

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Ever since I found out about Jim Dun, I think all Golden Retrievers are named Jim. Someone help.

I still have my great great grandfathers sword......he was none other than... William Tecumseh Sherman

I hope that one dislike was on accident because why would you dislike this there's no cringey songs or bad things being said or done.

That's a union cavalry officers sword, judging by the stamp and design produced in 1861-62 factory made.

Every nick removed, scratch buffed out, and the patina removed was literally throwing the swords story away. It's yours so hey. Do what you want. But that greatly devalues old blades. I would not recommend this unless you plan on always keeping the swords, and at most only remove the patina and rust to leave the wear that it received while used. If you want a new sword. Buy a new sword. But please don't destroy a beautiful peice like this so it will "look good". This video broke my heart. But hey, once again..it's yours to do what you want with it.

Do a little research. The sword doesn't hang straight down. It hangs from the trooper's belt on leather sword hangers. It hangs on the left side and is drawn with the right hand. The weight is primarily held on the lower ring. The sword hangs at about a 45 degree angle. The upper ring keeps it from flapping around uncontrollably. Reproduction sword hangers are available. The "US 1865" is the inspector's mark. It indicates the date it was accepted by the army. Take care of it. Don't put any more lemons, or any other acids on it. Give it a light coat of light lubricating oil from time to time. The sword has survived 155 years, and is part of your family. Try to help it survive another 155. Let's be careful out there.

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