I owe you all better pics and promise i will get to it soon. I am a new home owner
and between the move and home repairs (spent 10 hrs. re-tiling the kitchen floor yesterday
) i just haven't had time to re-photograph this piece. Hopefully this week i can find the time.
By "neck" do you mean the base of the blade where it enters the hilt or the "neck" of the hilt itself?