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Old 13th May 2011, 07:22 PM   #2
broadaxe
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To my best knowledge this is not a smith's mark but a religious symbol. It is not uncommon to find similar marks on plenty of european steel tools dating from the late middle ages to the industrial revolution. It is some kind of a code, with repetitive marks usualy meant for good luck. It looks like the 'tree of life' merged with a trinitary cross.
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