Antique knife

Jim McDougall · 11th January 2017, 02:30 AM

Alex,
Thank you so much for the excellent supportive information on this knife, and especially for this fantastic link!!! This is great to add to resources on punch marks.........very much appreciated.

All the best
Jim

Evgeny_K · 12th January 2017, 09:06 AM

Jim, Alex, thank you!
Punchmarks = indicators of quality looks quite convincing
Look at this sickle of the same period and from the same region - it bears three similar marks:

ALEX · 12th January 2017, 10:22 AM

Evgeny, the same conclusion about these marks was reached by several collectors of similar items that were discovered in Austria, which Styria was/is part of. It is hard to judge the quality of relic blades, but some correlation between number of marks, quality and/or complexity of production or construction can be noticed, so the theory remains plausible.

12th January 2017, 09:06 AM	#2
Evgeny_K Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 213	Jim, Alex, thank you! Punchmarks = indicators of quality looks quite convincing Look at this sickle of the same period and from the same region - it bears three similar marks: Attached Images

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11th January 2017, 02:30 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,200	Alex, Thank you so much for the excellent supportive information on this knife, and especially for this fantastic link!!! This is great to add to resources on punch marks.........very much appreciated. All the best Jim

12th January 2017, 10:22 AM	#3
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Evgeny, the same conclusion about these marks was reached by several collectors of similar items that were discovered in Austria, which Styria was/is part of. It is hard to judge the quality of relic blades, but some correlation between number of marks, quality and/or complexity of production or construction can be noticed, so the theory remains plausible.