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			Sorry to keep banging on about this but I am finding these things out as I handle it.  I think these blades were definitely made by the French to appeal to the local taste.  The fact that there is little to no acid attack on the engraving to the back of the blade at the forte bares this out.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			Last edited by Tim Simmons; 31st August 2007 at 09:11 PM.  | 
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			it is 19th century. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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