I'll probably leave it as is, but I'd still like to get a grip that's not cracked and along with the portapee I bought, leave them in the bag for future generations.
Wish I knew the story about why the portapee got whacked in the first place.
I have several "artifacts" from my wife's family. Her dad's uniform and Bronze Star (he was a medic in the Phillipines), one of her uncles (may be the one who got the dagger) was captured, have the letter from the War Dept. Her aunt was an officer nurse and I have a number of items she got from Japan and Germany. One item is a cooling looking beer stein, a head wearing a beenie. I'll have to post a photo of that. Often wonder how much that is worth.
Got a photo album of her dad's that has photos of his outfit and locals, one of them holding the severed heads of Japanese soldiers.
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