By Valefor.Dooom 2009-03-29 13:12:36
You don't have to throw anything away to start re-questing it; it's just at the end that still holding the original piece poses problems, as you can't re-obtain it while holding it, and hence, can't flag the quest as finished. Remember, you need to re-quest the weapon first.
Note that if your AF is in storage and you erase your memory and re-quest it, then you can still re-obtain the AF; you just won't be able to take your AF out of storage while holding onto said piece.