While Im not well enough versed to describe the particulars, it is my understanding that one of the great innovations in blade production for swords which made German blades so successful was this process of hollow grinding the blade face rather than the drawn fullering. It seems this required certain machinery or equipment not typically found in more basic blacksmithing contexts.
While this blade may be smaller, it has clearly been reworked and reprofiled and from the sound of the description quite a bit of stock removed. The very sharp point is of course not typical of these sabre blades.
There is no affront whatsoever to native smiths concerning the comparison of this type blade to the other forms they normally produce. In fact, it is now well known that many blades of exceptional quality were indeed native produced when they had originally been thought to be European.
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