At long last, Garabs!

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Ian

One of the distinguishing features of the old style was a concave spine of the blade, as seen in the HOS examples, whereas the more recent examples have a straight spine and often a straight tang (in line with the blade) rather than the angled tang seen in older examples.

Hi Ian,

I am not really sure that this is a good indicator for old/antique examples, it may be correct for some but not for all, see for example the family picture from Leif (the thread he provided in post #1), there are a few examples shown of clearly later manufacture with a concave spine, see picture.

Regards,
Detlef