Quote Originally Posted by Neil Miller View Post
No idea.
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What I would note is the curious way that the wedge is uniformly larger than the wedge end of the scales, and what is more it seems to have suffered no knocks or dings (lead is extremely malleable as we know) over its long knife. Very odd... could be the scales shrinking, of course, but the edge of the lead wedge being perfect? Must have been wrapped in cotton wool all its days.Regards,
Neil
In my opinion, the scales have shrunken a bit and so the wedge is more visible. I see this occasionally on honey horn scales of the 1800's. I have a couple Frederick Reynolds that show it well.
~Richard