CONGRATS! A VERY NICE PAIR AND IT SHOWS A DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP AS WELL AS SIZE. ONE BEING LESS ORNATE AND THUS PERHAPS LESS EXPENSIVE?? WHICH ONE LOOKS TO BE THE OLDEST TO YOU?
ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME ABOUT THESE TWO IS THE HANDLES BOTH OF THEM CAN BE LOOKED AT AS PERHAPS SHAPED LIKE A MAN IN AN ABSTRACT WAY. THE POMMEL AS HEAD THE TOP TWO GAURDS AS ARMS AND THE LOWER TWO AS THE LEGS. THIS IS SEEN IN SOME ANCIENT DAGGERS AND SOME SWORDS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES. PERHAPS SOMETHING HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN SOME REFRENCE?
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