The EARLY MAKERS TRADE MARKS thread... lost and partly restored.

fernando · 18th October 2017, 05:18 PM

Old 5th November 2007, 11:39 AM

Posted by:
Jens Nordlunde

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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Europe

I have only one blade, on a firangi, which could be a trade blade. As far as I can read it, it says XX WIDALDBELV XX, I donï¿½t know what it means, but I have noticed that the text is not in the middle of the four ï¿½Xï¿½s so there may have been more than what can be seen to day. What can be seen is fairly deep, and this ï¿½worriesï¿½ me a bit. The ï¿½Xï¿½s can be seen at both ends, but some of the letters are missing, without any trace of that they have been there, and this I find strange, it is btw the same on both sides of the blade. Could it be, that blades like this, with a sloppy marking, are not trade blades, although they are supposed to look so, but local made blades? We must not forget, that although several countries did what they could, to fill the market in other countries with trade blades, a lot of the so called trade blades we see to day have been locally made. How do we know which is a trade blade and which is a locally made one?

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18th October 2017, 05:18 PM	#13
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Old 5th November 2007, 11:39 AM Posted by: Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe I have only one blade, on a firangi, which could be a trade blade. As far as I can read it, it says XX WIDALDBELV XX, I donï¿½t know what it means, but I have noticed that the text is not in the middle of the four ï¿½Xï¿½s so there may have been more than what can be seen to day. What can be seen is fairly deep, and this ï¿½worriesï¿½ me a bit. The ï¿½Xï¿½s can be seen at both ends, but some of the letters are missing, without any trace of that they have been there, and this I find strange, it is btw the same on both sides of the blade. Could it be, that blades like this, with a sloppy marking, are not trade blades, although they are supposed to look so, but local made blades? We must not forget, that although several countries did what they could, to fill the market in other countries with trade blades, a lot of the so called trade blades we see to day have been locally made. How do we know which is a trade blade and which is a locally made one? . Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 19th October 2017 at 06:21 PM.