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Originally Posted by jays00ss
I just bought a Brand new still in cosmoline first gen LanCay with blood groove. Should I leave it in the orginal cosmoline or clean it up? Its in absolute Mint brand new condition.
Here is the link and no I didn't pay full price for it and he accepted my offer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tab%3DWatching
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Hello!
Welcome to the "M9 family" and congratulations for your very nice looking LanCay!
I think that the decision to leave the bayonet in the original cosmoline or to clean it is very personal.
I would clean it, as I don't like the brown effect of the grease and then I'd put a small amount of gun oil to protect the blade.
I'm sure that other collectors would not touch a mint M9, leaving even the paper and tape applied from the factory to protect the wire cutter.
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2917
If you were concerned about the "value impact", I personally don't care if an M9 had the original grease on the blade, as long as the blade had no sign of use.
But again, this is just my personal opinion.