[QUOTE=fernando;276659]Jim, are you intentionally posting this nice saber in the Ethno forum, and intentionally omitting pictures of the (quote) "strange fixture on the guard which seems to be to hold a sword knot"
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Did it again! sorry Fernando, thank you for the nice words, and please transfer. Could be the years, or medication....
Wayne, thank you for your notes,
Jim]