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drac2k · 31st May 2016, 05:34 PM

Thanks for your comments. You should of seen it before it was cleaned, which is always a concern with gold koftgari;luckily it was mostly cosmoline and tarnish.The work on the blade, especially the fullers and the gold inlay is superb, and it surprises me that I can not find any maker's mark(maybe the fullers or the koftgari are the clue). I would guess the age to be between 1890 to 1939, more so 1890 to 1914, but this is only a guess, based solely on my resourcing the "collective unconsciousness."

31st May 2016, 05:34 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,250	Thanks for your comments. You should of seen it before it was cleaned, which is always a concern with gold koftgari;luckily it was mostly cosmoline and tarnish.The work on the blade, especially the fullers and the gold inlay is superb, and it surprises me that I can not find any maker's mark(maybe the fullers or the koftgari are the clue). I would guess the age to be between 1890 to 1939, more so 1890 to 1914, but this is only a guess, based solely on my resourcing the "collective unconsciousness."