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VANDOO · 21st November 2005, 12:13 AM

IT DOES LOOK LIKE A WELL CARVED EXAMPLE (KIND OF HARD TO SEE AS PHOTOS ARE VERY DARK)THE METAL FERRULE IS NOT NORMALY WHAT YOU SEE ON TALBION BUT WOULD MAKE IT STURDY AND LESS LIKELY TO SPLIT THE HANDLE. IT IS INTERSTING ALSO THAT THE FERRULE LOOKS VERY WELL MADE NOT JUST SOMETHING SIMPLY MADE. JUDGEING FROM THE CARVING BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THE HANDLE AS WELL AS SHEITH THIS ONE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS RIGHT HANDED. YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT AS TO ITS AGE WW2 OR LATER EITHER MADE FANCY FOR A LOCAL OR FOR A MORE EASY SALE TO A FORIGNER.

21st November 2005, 12:13 AM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT DOES LOOK LIKE A WELL CARVED EXAMPLE (KIND OF HARD TO SEE AS PHOTOS ARE VERY DARK)THE METAL FERRULE IS NOT NORMALY WHAT YOU SEE ON TALBION BUT WOULD MAKE IT STURDY AND LESS LIKELY TO SPLIT THE HANDLE. IT IS INTERSTING ALSO THAT THE FERRULE LOOKS VERY WELL MADE NOT JUST SOMETHING SIMPLY MADE. JUDGEING FROM THE CARVING BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THE HANDLE AS WELL AS SHEITH THIS ONE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS RIGHT HANDED. YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT AS TO ITS AGE WW2 OR LATER EITHER MADE FANCY FOR A LOCAL OR FOR A MORE EASY SALE TO A FORIGNER.