Sabiki question

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

Thanks Stu,
Mr. Gracie's book has given me plenty to think about. I have always thought the last one (with the highly polished blade) was made fairly recently and that was why it's blade is so different. It is a thick piece of steel, and it is all business. The other two have very thin blades. No medial ridge at all on the top one (the oldest looking one). The one with the belt doesn't really have a ridge either. The blade has fullers on both sides, from the Ricasso to the tip, which gives the appearance of a ridge. I will keep an eye out for a rhomboid style blade.

Harry

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