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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10327513, member: 76316"]Its ~20" long, ~5/16" wide, ~1/16" thick; weight is ~41 grams.</p><p>The 'patterns' are random as far as I can discern, both sides; the outer face has raised granular silver-toned bits on a gold-toned ground; the back shows uniformly silver-toned panels with random points, but gold color can be seen between them in the joints. I get an overall impression of quality of materials, design an' execution...an' Italy, as High-grade costume...but just don't know. I also don't know how to correctly describe the safety-latch, which I've seen often, elsewhere. The 'heft' of it, the feel in my hand, suggests silver content, but without any markings I'm much less than sure about that assumption. What say you all...has anyone got wisdom to add to this puzzle? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]519294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519296[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10327513, member: 76316"]Its ~20" long, ~5/16" wide, ~1/16" thick; weight is ~41 grams. The 'patterns' are random as far as I can discern, both sides; the outer face has raised granular silver-toned bits on a gold-toned ground; the back shows uniformly silver-toned panels with random points, but gold color can be seen between them in the joints. I get an overall impression of quality of materials, design an' execution...an' Italy, as High-grade costume...but just don't know. I also don't know how to correctly describe the safety-latch, which I've seen often, elsewhere. The 'heft' of it, the feel in my hand, suggests silver content, but without any markings I'm much less than sure about that assumption. What say you all...has anyone got wisdom to add to this puzzle? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]519294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519296[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]519299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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