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Bill M · 14th August 2007, 12:05 AM

Could you take a piece of onion skin paper or thin paper and a soft lead pencil and gently make a rubbing of the characters on the tang? It works best if you make your rubbing at a diagonal to the tang.

Do not clean the tang, just make a gentle rubbing. Scan and post this. Maybe we can help. It is hard to read the characters from your post.

This may give a clear image of the characters.

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14th August 2007, 12:05 AM	#3
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Could you take a piece of onion skin paper or thin paper and a soft lead pencil and gently make a rubbing of the characters on the tang? It works best if you make your rubbing at a diagonal to the tang. Do not clean the tang, just make a gentle rubbing. Scan and post this. Maybe we can help. It is hard to read the characters from your post. This may give a clear image of the characters.