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Nagawarrior
8th February 2012, 04:08 AM
Found this "relic" condition wak. Re-hilted in the Philippines? No signiture on tang. Just a wooden tag with writing. Can anyone read?
Can you soak these like the keris in pineapple juice and use a tooth brush to get the rust off. Any advise about cleaning it up a bit? It had character and it was dirt cheap so I picked it up.
Thanks guys,
Stephen*

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Nagawarrior
8th February 2012, 07:34 AM
Partial translation so far. No mind shattering revelation. May just be a price tag of some sort.

No 30

Old sword
Unknown name

Nakanomura

Kagawa 1260

Price

50 yen

Nagawarrior
8th February 2012, 01:27 PM
Info on 2nd Lt. Frank Bell. Makes sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bell_(educator)