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Battara · 25th April 2005, 12:41 PM

Federico is right. MOP was used earlier, like the turn of the century. Other clues help in pinning down the date. My basis for attributing this to early to mid 20c is the workmanship of the scabbard and hilt overall. It is possible that the blade is earlier, but the rest is a different matter. For example, I have seen such scabbard workmanship like this on mostly (and up to this point only) mid 20c examples. The cut of MOP is not the type of quality used in earlier pieces. For instance check out an earlier discussion and pics of a kalis I have that has MOP and is turn of the century:

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001825.html

25th April 2005, 12:41 PM	#13
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Federico is right. MOP was used earlier, like the turn of the century. Other clues help in pinning down the date. My basis for attributing this to early to mid 20c is the workmanship of the scabbard and hilt overall. It is possible that the blade is earlier, but the rest is a different matter. For example, I have seen such scabbard workmanship like this on mostly (and up to this point only) mid 20c examples. The cut of MOP is not the type of quality used in earlier pieces. For instance check out an earlier discussion and pics of a kalis I have that has MOP and is turn of the century: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001825.html Last edited by Battara; 25th April 2005 at 01:06 PM.