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Old 7th August 2008, 12:36 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Battara

What is the difference in status or significance between the gold inlay type and the "crown" type of ferrule?
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Originally Posted by Kai

Hello Jose,
Ben asked the very same question a good while back but we never got enough evidence for a decent answer...
Hi Kai,
If i recall, what Ben asked was the importance of the crowns in handles, not the difference in status between blades with gold inlay and the the crowns.
Crowns may be added at a later stage, while blade inlay is there from the beginning, right ?

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