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			Thank you so much for your input, Alex   
		
		
		
			  .I also think the blade steel is plain. Some traces of gold can be seen in the dot line that surrounds the blade base motifs; also some traces of red, but these most probably dragged from the red paint applied to the hilt. What would this red stuff be for ... not for sealing ? .  | 
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