The oldest had long ago rusted away to nothing, leaving only a few red stains where the metal had rested on stone.
"The most common issue is that they were dropped or mishandled, and the varnish has come off and they've rusted or gone black in the spot where they were damaged," Andrada said.
We passed the rusted skeleton of an overturned car, a TV set with no screen half-buried in rubble, a wall with the words ZENDA BAD TAL IRAN!
A rusted cast-iron stove with a gaping hole on its side tilted against a wall.
Check for loose connections, rusted clamps.
When he got there his brother's side of the knife was half rusted, and half bright.
