Indian Whotsit for comment:

kronckew · 6th December 2018, 12:09 PM

Gets more interesting. Scotchbrighted the blade to get off the red stuff, found another set of 3 dotted circles in a triangle near the blade tip either side. Also found a row of approx. 10 smaller dotted circles almost on the blade edges, almost touching each other, disappearing under the resin holding the blade.
the cross-guard and grip section appear to be in two pieces. they have a line of sheet metal between them, the cross-guard on the side where I thought a finger bow guard may have attached doesn't look like anything was. that one has a flat spot from the remains of the sheet metal to a square corner, also on the upper squillion. Looks almost like a bowl guard was once there behind the cross-guard. Like this fancier one I found on the internet:

6th December 2018, 12:09 PM	#11
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	Gets more interesting. Scotchbrighted the blade to get off the red stuff, found another set of 3 dotted circles in a triangle near the blade tip either side. Also found a row of approx. 10 smaller dotted circles almost on the blade edges, almost touching each other, disappearing under the resin holding the blade. the cross-guard and grip section appear to be in two pieces. they have a line of sheet metal between them, the cross-guard on the side where I thought a finger bow guard may have attached doesn't look like anything was. that one has a flat spot from the remains of the sheet metal to a square corner, also on the upper squillion. Looks almost like a bowl guard was once there behind the cross-guard. Like this fancier one I found on the internet: Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 6th December 2018 at 01:01 PM.