What language or script please?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Go ahead, Dom. Jim's post was a request (suggestion), not a formal "rule".

The reason I suggested that requests for translations be accompanied by photos of the entire weapon was to establish context. Often if we have an idea what type of item and what style or form it is in we can get a better idea of where to begin looking for alphabets or characters and in markings, where to search.