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					Originally Posted by David R
					
				 
				Would you consider this type of blade to be a European blade of that age without the marks. 
 I have one such that arrived  dismounted and trashed without even a tang, but otherwise, bar the marks, exactly the same...... 
			
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 Depending on the geometry and steel quality it would certainly be a possibility. These older blades generally have a very gentle lenticular cross section after the fuller, newer ones new seem to be less smooth.
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