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22nd June 2010, 05:34 PM | #1 |
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blade marking : WARtd WdCA
I just bought a blade with the marking : WAR td WdCA (see picture.)
The letter type feels like early British, but hey, what do I know... I got lost from the etno forum again. Any input is welcome Best regards, Willem |
22nd June 2010, 06:53 PM | #2 |
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23rd June 2010, 12:02 AM | #3 |
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Warranted Cast Steel does sound plausible.
What's the rest of this piece look like? |
23rd June 2010, 12:38 AM | #4 |
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Thanks Fernando.
So the marking will probably stand for : Warranted Cast steel ? And the blade might be a cutlass from just after 1800;s ? Here some pictures of my example. |
23rd June 2010, 01:42 AM | #5 |
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Looks like a trade blade, made for the eastern market, could be as late as the early 1900s.
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23rd June 2010, 06:49 AM | #6 |
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Hello Dmitry,
So these trade blades maintained the broad fuller ? |
23rd June 2010, 01:14 PM | #7 |
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Looks like a Rudus. Blade could be from a klewang and for the purpose a reshaped tip. Nice oddity.
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In this case the shape of the blade doesn't comply with its apparent age, imho. For instance, look at the British-made blades made for the Ethiopian trade. They look like the British Napoleonic period blades, but were made well into the 1900s. |
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