Hello Michael,
Good job!
From the separation line as well as the extensive greneng I get the suspicion that this blade could be at least as likely from the 19th century (following Cato's dating) as earlier. All typical archaic pieces (that also seem to exhibit the wear to be reasonably supposed to be pre-19th century) seem to have very rudimentary greneng (cp. Alan's example) - are there early examples with extensive greneng that I missed?
Regards,
Kai
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