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				Thank you for sure. 
The inscription "1754" is a calendar, a 60 year cycle 
On Chinese sword metal forging, the ancient no high temperature furnace, with charcoal as fuel, mixed with iron sand, after many times forging  hammers 
Posted pictures of the Ming Dynasty sword 
			
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 Hi Benny.lee,
thank you for the translation and the picture.
There is a second stamp on the hilt, which looks like a "B". Do you know the meaning of this stamp? A kind of military quality stamp like the Seki-stamp in Japan?
Hi Detlef,
yes I will restore the hilt, James is going to do the job. I will also search for ancient Dao parts.
Roland