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Old 31st December 2018, 11:50 PM   #1
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Amazing ! why not spending a few more bucks and buy the real antique thing, instead of testing these alchemist schemes ? .
Referring back to my earlier post, I did say I'll keep an eye open for one with some age and patina. It's not a great priority at the moment. ( I'm just in the process of opening a new bottle of single malt to help bring in the New Year in quarter of an hour or so )
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Old 1st January 2019, 04:27 AM   #2
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Lew had quite a collection of these as well, both old and new:
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Old 1st January 2019, 08:56 AM   #3
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Back to the original question the Au Lion ( Au Lion/Société Généralee) was also contracted to produce the first batches of 1918 trench knives for thUS Army in WW1.

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Old 1st January 2019, 02:31 PM   #4
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... ( I'm just in the process of opening a new bottle of single malt to help bring in the New Year in quarter of an hour or so ) ...
I did it with a bottle of chilled Spanish Cava .

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