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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 10469886, member: 360&quot;]That&#039;s what I mean. It looks too &quot;chunky&quot;. I know antique writing slopes - I collected them for years - I even fixed them from time to time. </p><p><br /></p><p>A real one from the 1800s wouldn&#039;t be this heavyset. Remember, these things were meant to be CARRIED everywhere - so they were deliberately made to be as light as possible...I don&#039;t see that here, which is what makes me think it&#039;s not that old.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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