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15th October 2009, 01:55 AM
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... but I've seen the marks that look like 2 on scabbards before - has anyone else seen them? Isn't it H'aa? Like 2 upside down?
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15th October 2009, 09:37 PM
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The sword has arrived - it appears to be sheet steel - very light and flexible but seems quite old. I had assumed: forged=old, sheet=new...
...not in this case - it seems older than some forged blades I have handled. Maybe the quality of these blades has made them more suceptible to pitting and corrosion. Does anyone know when the earliest sheet steel weapons in the region date from? Last edited by stephen wood; 16th October 2009 at 12:08 AM. |
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17th October 2009, 01:29 PM
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...is it possible that MD is Maryland - sheet steel in production there at least a century ago?
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