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Old 17th May 2011, 04:31 PM   #10
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Hello Detlef,

Certainly a nice grab complete with good scabbard. Is the brass ferrule strong? (Looks a bit thin from the pics.)

Could this be an early 20th c. blade that got rehilted later (like WW2 or thereabouts)? The workmanship and wear on the hilt doesn't look on par with the blade and scabbard IMVHO.

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Kai
Received the sword yesterday. You may be correct that the sword was rehilted not only because the different wear but as well as it seems that the used wood isn't a good one (maybe coconut tree).
The brass ferrule is a little bit more than 1 mm. I don't know how strong it is by older ones.
The tip of the blade was compressed but this I have grinded with a stone.
Will post some pictures later.

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Detlef
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