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Old 3rd February 2005, 11:50 PM   #8
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Thanks Robert , first I'd suggest that the spiral patterning you see is the result of storage rather than pattern welding . In other words the steel has a blotchy patina .

I'd place these pieces as being from the Philippine Revolutionary era (Span Am War) for the most part .
I think more than one island (or at least province) is represented here .

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