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Old 4th March 2008, 07:19 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by freebooter
Thanks Rick, I am glad you came on board with this one and your words are reassuring, it just can't get here quick enough now.
You must have good eyes because I cannot see the heat treating you are refering to on the edges but like you say it is covered in grease.
With regards to the crude guard, I have seen this image on a good many smaller straight swords and on those paired swords that sit back to back in a single sheath, are these that I refer too of the same period or are they fantasy swords for want of a better word?
Would you be kind enough to share your Chinese sword collection either here or in another thread as I would love to see them for a visual learning display and comparrison to what is available in the market place.

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Gavin
Hi Gavin,

I am traveling at the moment but when I return this weekend I'll see if I can scrape together a few pictures of examples in my collection.
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