It is difficult to tell without having the blade in hand (ouch! That hurts), so it could be pitting, but I think not. Hopefully RJM will enlightn...
It is hard to tell, but I think it is surface rust Komo. If it is, then steel wool and Solvol Autosol would be my recommendation, though a bar of...
Indeed RJM52, a typo on my part, sory about that ! It is indeed Albacete. Navaja means knife in Spanish, or more accurately, razor, theough the...
Spanish, called by collectors an Abacete dagger. generally, these tend to be quite old, probably early to mid 1800's. I have I must admit, never...
I have seen smilar ones, supposdly Brtish military, probably pre First World War, perhaps even Boer War. Welome to the forum by the way!
That Ebay example certainly seems to support the idea of it being a nymph on a lily. Thank you for posting them. Now thatI look closely, my...
The idea of it being a vide poche has its merits, the only thing that seems perhaps against this is that the nicest examples are in fact in pewter...
In a similar vein to martins post in another thraed, I wondered if anybody possibly knows anything about this probable ashtray that I have. I...
It looks very Chinese to me, not Japanese. The way the dragons are depicted looks more Chinese, as does the scenery to my eyes. Japanese style is...
Very interesting history! The hammer is interesting, as though the handle is extremely short (these are often used like this by cobblers and...
Sorry for the lateness of this reply. However, There is am amazing article here on WW1 American helmets:...
It is probably WD 38. This is the mark of William Dobson & Son of Birmingham, who started in 1938 but only made them for a couple years or so.
;):happy::joyful: Well that's one way of looking at it I suppose! He, he. Here are a few standard tsuba found on WWII Army katana. These were all...
I tend to work the other way round Komo, blade first, then signature. I once owned an exquisite wakizashi, in the shirasaya that you mentioned. I...
Actually Komo, to be more accurate, the tang may tell the story of the blade. The blade tells the story of the blade, and needs to be looked at...
I am thinking that this sword was possibly put together post war, but using many genuine parts. The kabuto gane, (Pommel) is a shin-Gunto type,...
All farms here had a forge, and some of the people who wworked there were very skillful and multi-talented. Many made knives, made and fitted...
Near enough, and understandable, but Eickhorn means a squirrel. The logo with the squirrel and the sword was the last version of their logo,...
Certainly a thumbs up would be helpful ! :D
Well just to prove that you really do learn something new every day! I have collected edged weapons etc. for nearly sixty years, and when I...
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