Running Wolf
Hello readers, I'm new to this forum and have enjoyed browsing through many informative posts.
Gathering by the extent of collective knowledge amongst your fellow members, I'm hoping someone may have some info on running wolf marks.
The piece I have in question appears to have an earlier style marking, but I'm not sure whether this has been appropriated to appear as if it were of this quality marking. Also it has some numbers which again I'm not to conclusive about, being for what purpose, were they for numerological reasons - such as magical numbers - or as a talisman.
One one side of the blade it looks like "1 7 4 7 + " and verso "r 7 4 7 +".
Judging by the hilt, could it have been retrofitted at a later date? Also the blade had been shortened at some stage. Any ideas?
Regards, David.
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