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Originally Posted by CharlesS
This one is surely a good and a nice one, but not as good as they can get, and this one is 19th or very early 20th Cent., not 18th.
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In 18th and early 19th cent. the Cretan knife had other form. It is almost as good as you can get. I have seen only few better than this for different reasons. There are thousands in bad condition or lower quality.
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
These are currently being reproduced and will sometimes show up on Ebay. From a distance...or bad pic...they look just like the old ones, but a quick glance at their very thin blades gives them away.
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Yes, a thin blade is a sure sign of new piece but the opposite is not true. Thickness is not a sure sign of older blades. It is difficult to tell all the characteristics of an old piece in few words. Quality of the work, for example, is almost sure sign of an old piece, but not the opposite, again.