Old Kaskara with Celestial Engraving and Etching for Comment

[katana]

Hi Stephen,
as you are probably aware...the blade is likely to be a European trade blade .....the examples I have seen tend to have the engavings of the moon, a star .....and the sun ....which is missing from yours. However the sun is usually positioned with the other symbols so may have been where the acid etched star is now residing.

Assuming the sun symbol was deliberately removed and the area then covered with the 'star' .....my next question would be why ?

The sword also looks to have been shortened....perhaps because of damage to the tip (the fuller now runs to the tip)

Regards David

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