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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde
Hi Jim,
To me there is no doubt, that the blade you showed is of Indian origin.
Jens
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Thank you so much Jens, your assessment is in my opinion the final word, and its good to have this settled to stand as a benchmark on these. It is interesting how the Indian artisans transcribed these Latin letters and phrases. I had read somewhere one opinion that this was unusual because the native artisans only read Sanskrit etc. however I cannot see how that would keep them from copying the words 'artistically' or especially in using stamps.