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Old 14th April 2017, 01:29 PM   #40
Iain
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Originally Posted by ulfberth
well maybe not a wolf but it looks like a dog to me


the blade looks indeed German, the position of the stamps on the ricasso and the running K9 all point in that direction
Sure, I wasn't disagreeing that it's a German blade, but I think often we are too quick to designate any vaguely four legged depiction of an animal as a running wolf. From memory the unicorn crops up from time to time as well on Passau blades.
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