Sword OCD

[Gyakuto]

I have reached new heights (or should that be depth?) of obsessive care of my swords. Moisture is the enemy of steel and it is carried in the air. I already use silica gel moisture absorbent in my sword cases but then I thought, how about about vacuum sealing?

Cut the extra thick polythene slightly longer than the sword and heat seal one end…

Scatter a few silica gel moisture absorbing packets in the polythene bag…

Partially seal the free end of the bag leaving a little vent…

 

[Gyakuto]

Insert the vacuum pump nozzle…

Suck out as much air as possible. This requires a bit of jiggling of the end of the nozzle within the bag to get to the pockets of air…

Seal the bag while the vacuum pump is running…

Enjoy the squirt of serotonin and dopamine elicited by a securely sealed sword!

Prepare for traditional securing…

‘Well-forge (hundred forged) steel’.

 

[Gyakuto]

What the heck, I might as well seal the silica gel sachets

 

[Gyakuto]

I wonder if pre-filling the bag with argon and then sucking it out would be a good idea