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Something else I've had for awhile. Horn grip with steel ferrell. Leather scabbard missing end. Blade taper ground on both sides. Supposed to have been brought back after the Spanish American War. The blade has "A Souvenir P." stamped into the blade that looks like it was done with a cold chisel. Also has IIIXIII carved into the spine of the blade at the hilt. I forgot to take a picture of this area. Was this a common practice at the turn of the century or is the from the second WW? It seems to well made and heavy to be just a tourist piece. Comments please.
Blade length 18-3/4" Blade at widest 1-9/16" Blade thickness at hilt 3/8" Hilt length 6-1/2" Robert |
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Well (being a deep subject and all
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Hi Jose,
I guess it would have been better if I had put a name with it when I first posted it. Seems my last two working brain cells have gone south for the winter. ![]() Robert |
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Amazing.
Aren't those the maker's marks? A similar system was used by the blade makers of Canary Islands knives. But maybe this has nothing to do with that ![]() fernando Last edited by fernando; 21st October 2007 at 12:04 AM. Reason: spelling |
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Robert, in most cases there was not a metal chape at the bottom of the scabbard.
Fernando, this is a good question. In this case, the "x" is a talismanic mark in the Philippines. |
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Hi Jose,
The reason I am thinking that this might have had a metal chape at one time is at the end of the scabbard where the tooling ends there are three sets of punch marks that are very similar to ones on another scabbard I have. On this other scabbard the indentations made by the punch are what holds the chape in place. As to the X being a talismanic mark. Do you know what the exact meaning of this symbol is? When Fernando ask this question I started looking to see if I could find anything about it but had no luck. I would be very interested in finding out as quite a few of the items I have are decorated in this manor. Robert |
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