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Found this in an antique store here in Edmonton, was surprisingly decently priced. There was a bit of rust near the edge, but a quick run over the 1k cleaned that up. I did a quick search of the site, but got no results for Ankstrom, could this be an Engtsrom marketed to another country? Eskilstuna is also spelt differently. :shrug:
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First frameback, need a little info
Thought you might be interested in what the etching on the blade says.
In the middle (easy one I suppose): Finest quality Swedish steel, Eskilstuna
To the left: Would be spelled like "värje-blad" today where Värja is a type of cavallery sword and blad is the same word as the English blade. An extra h was often put before the v in the old days. Don't know what the correkt word for the historical Värja is in English but the modern variant used in fencing is at least called Épée in English.
To the right: Here I have to guess. The word is too old for me to know what it really meanes. To Ansvara is a verb that means To be responsible for and adding a d to the end a verb means that it has been "applied to a thing". Think of the English word to drop. Put a d after it and it means that the knife has been dropped. But, it doesn't really make sense in modern Swedish to say ansvarad. It might mean something like the blade that has been entrusted with the responsibility. But as I said, I'm guessing.
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