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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

If it’s not of historic significance? Modify it.

Know anyone who does metal work? Ask them to change it to something interesting.

Got a Dremel? Buff away the Nazi bits until it’s smooth metal.

There are lots of different ways to change it!

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neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Seconding the dremmel approach. Worst case scenario: Y destroy a nazi sword. Best case: You end up with with a cool denazified sword.

Grind down the swastica, and change to a smaller grit to get a nice and polished finish.

Not sure, but I think the eagle predates the nazis.

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- WhiteHotaru@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The eagle as a symbol predates the nazis - a lot. The „Reichsadler“ has been used since 800 A.D. as in the region that is now Germany:
  
  The Reichsadler, i. e. the German Imperial Eagle, originated from a proto-heraldic emblem that was believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler whom the Pope crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800, and derived ultimately from the Aquila, i. e. eagle standard, of the ancient Roman army.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsadler
  
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  - davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Of course the swastika itself is also much older than the Nazis. They ruined plenty of otherwise fine symbolism.
    
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ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is probably what I’m gonna end up doing.

I was just hoping someone could come up with something that wouldn’t involve damaging anything? Idk I don’t want to damage it but I don’t want it to exist 😅

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- dhork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s already damaged with all of that Nazi shit, you would be fixing it.
  
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- nix@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  A craftsmen wouldn’t be damaging it, they’d be modifying it to make it more useful to you.
  
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