I could be way off on this...But I think I am seeing between the pictures a pretty clear casting line (a seam from casting with a two part mold). It looks like all the low points have been painted black (or in other words antiqued). The engraving doesn't have the kind of marks that push etching/chasing creates. But the faded incomplete lines of the etching look like what you get from casting. And the blade looks like it is pretty much a flat bar of homogeneous steel. It really looks like a prop blade. The kind of thing that would be used in stage acting, low budget movies, and parades/festivals. Maybe even a training blade?
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