Originally Posted by
silverloaf
for the Greaves yes, for the Elliot it would not be that early despite the similar style. Looks like the style was around for a couple decades at least, the Elliot could range from his start in (1833???) when granted freedom to who knows when right? He could have made the blade marked with his Mark from any point after his being granted freedom til he stopped producing in this particular style which we just don't have a definite when THAT would have been. Style can be an indicator, like in Dieselds' post above, but it can not be taken as an absolute without other knowns. I have several blades in this style including the Greaves from same era as the greaves, 1810s-1820s but majority of blades I've seen in this style date to the 1830s. When considering the dates for Joseph Elliot I would never use the Greaves as an example for dating the Elliot based on similar style. With Josephs dates, and my personal experience (which again can be a flawed area to extrapolate details from) seeing this style in vogue up thru at least the early part of Josephs date range, the 1830's thats where my seat of the pants, gut feeling will stay as to tentatively dating this blade, never absolute. Again, when did he produce the last blade in this style? Not a one of us could know that.