Sabiki question

[harrywagner]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

You could well be right about recent manufacture of the one with the belt. They ARE made today, and come up on THAT auction site reasonably regularly. The earlier ones have THICK silver decoration to the hilt and the late ones have very thin decoration. The bottom one in your pics LOOKS like an early one judging by the patina, and "rounded" worn edges to the silverwork.
Here is an early one I have.
Stu

Hi Stu,
I think they are very similar. I would be surprised if they were not the same maker, same period. I am curious now about it's age. i thought that it was post WWII, given it's high polish. How old do you think it is? An item's age has never been a primary concern for me, and good thing too, since I really stink at it!

One of the things I really like about this knife is that the chape of the scabbard is a spent cartridge shell. I am new to this and have not handled enough Sabikis to know if this is the norm or not. Are they all (this maker, this period) like this? Thanks again! Very helpful.

Harry