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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons
Arrived today. Nice handle, The scabbard appears to be original. Why they have used a different brass at the top is anybodies guess. The tip of the blades are lightly swelled. I cleaned off a nasty scab of rust. I quite like it.
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I think the different brass ans style of ornamentaion is precisely due to what CourseEight mentioned: a possible re-mount of a bichwa double-blade in a handle which not belongs originally to it, IMHO. I think it was a very good purchase.
My best regards
Gonzalo