Thank you for all those informations.
I can not read a date on the blade because I can only distinguish 3 numerals.
I see: A VOC * 9 7 1
They're very spaced, and the space between 9 and 7 is strangely long.
On one side, between 9 and 7 there is a rust spot, perfectly circular, of the same size as the loop of the 9. If it were a "0 we would see: 1 7 o 9 with a 0 placed low and very small. The other solution is: 1 7 8 9 or 1 7 6 9 with the "o" would be the trace of an old 8 or 6
The 7 and the 1 are very worn. On one side of the blade the 1 has almost disappeared, one guesses only its base.
I think that the acid passages to bring out the pamor one makes disappear part of the date which should not be engraved deep enough.
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