I liked the look of the SPURB blade and it has what seems to be tortoise scales so I had my coworker pick up these for me in Sweden. They seem pretty old? Maybe the village of Eyam in England? But that's about as far as I get. So many questions:

  • are there clues that could narrow these down to a country or approximate timeframe?
  • are they worn and the heels were modified as I suspect or are they relatively unused and this is close to what shape they were intended to be?
  • the EYAM has a weirdly thin tang, what's up with that? it broke off and the smith rescued it by smushing what was left?
  • do I treat tortoise roughly like horn, sand it down and wipe on some neatsfoot?


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