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Old 7th December 2017, 07:25 PM   #4
Unclebob
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Thanks for your comments, chaps; The Gentleman whom I got the knife from said his neighbour had been using it as a wood chopper, indeed, the spine had a flattened spot where it'd been hit a few times!
There are the remains of rivets in the handle area, which is slightly more corroded, as you would expect with something which had been used outdoors for many years, with water being trapped behind the, presumably, wood grips.
The photo is actually taken from directly above; I've included another photo, taken at the same time, together with a Mk1 Kukri for size, in case it looks better.
I have undertaken a simple restoration of the blade and installed a new handle.
The blade is harder on the cutting edges, than near the crossguard (checked it with a centre punch!)
I'll do a photo of how it looks now and maybe get the lighting better....
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