"The pamor motif looks to be superficial so it may have been made more recently than the blade itself." 
 
It's funny that you say that - my eye is untrained and my knowledge fits on the head of a pin - but, when I first studied the pamor, that exact thought entered my mind. It just seem "off" to me.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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