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Originally Posted by DaveS
…the centipede??? like engraving…
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I must say i'm a bit skeptical this was intended to be a centipede. It doesn't look like any of the other more obvious centipede markings i've seen on these blades, even the simplest renderings of the bug. It looks more like a tree or something more plant-like. I don't see anything like pinchers, even in a extremely stylized manner, that would lead me to think centipede. Doesn't mean the "tree" (if it is that) doesn't still have some talismanic purpose. I do think, however, that we are sometimes too quick to ascribe every little line and design on a blade as "talismanic".