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Lew · 18th February 2005, 03:48 AM

Andrew

The blade and the coins were loose and when I moved the coins it made the blade shift around also. I put a few drops of super glue at the blade junction and by the coins and everthing tightened up nicely so I think that maybe the nail was a long one and might have been hitting into the end of the tang? I cleaned up the coin it is made of silver and either had 1845 or 1945 written on it but it was hard to read even with a jewelers lupe. The brass dots are on both sides of the blade. On further study on old burmese coins my guess is 1945 but that is the top coin there is underneath but who knows? Judging from it's overall appearance the sword is probably a WW2 era sword.

Lew

18th February 2005, 03:48 AM	#12
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Andrew The blade and the coins were loose and when I moved the coins it made the blade shift around also. I put a few drops of super glue at the blade junction and by the coins and everthing tightened up nicely so I think that maybe the nail was a long one and might have been hitting into the end of the tang? I cleaned up the coin it is made of silver and either had 1845 or 1945 written on it but it was hard to read even with a jewelers lupe. The brass dots are on both sides of the blade. On further study on old burmese coins my guess is 1945 but that is the top coin there is underneath but who knows? Judging from it's overall appearance the sword is probably a WW2 era sword. Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 18th February 2005 at 03:30 PM.