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07-06-2011, 08:25 PM #1Razor Vulture
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Symbols etched in Heiffor blades?
I wonder if anyone out there could shed light on the meaning of these symbols?
Thanks!
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07-06-2011, 08:34 PM #2Mr. Baby Face
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It's obviously a treasure map...
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07-06-2011, 09:21 PM #3Razor Vulture
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Yeah, I was thinking like the key to the pyramids or something! Looks Arabic or Indian??? Hell, I am from Texas! No Idea!!
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07-07-2011, 02:22 AM #4Senior Member
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I think they are UFO's. Now we know where the idea for the straight razor came from.
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07-07-2011, 04:14 AM #5Senior Member
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I've lost this dang post three times now, so I'm going to send it then edit it!
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07-07-2011, 04:20 AM #6Senior Member
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Heiffor was a Scottish blade maker. Everything I've seen from him was marked with these markings. I think they are Celtic. Here's what I think they are from left to right:
1. d which makes the dhay sound or a lenited d which makes the dh sound
2. o which makes the oh sound
3. m which makes the emm sound
4. d which makes the dhay sound
5. i which makes the ee sound
6. I think either t which makes the thay sound, or a lenited t which makes the th sound.Chevhead likes this.
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07-07-2011, 04:27 AM #7Senior Member
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Actually, I have looked at another blade on a different site. I believe that there are only 4 letters, flanked by two designs of some kind in Heiffor's mark. It might be d, o, m, dh. I guess that word would be dhay-oh-emm-dh? That's as far as I can get. I need sleep. Fun searching though.
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07-07-2011, 04:28 AM #8Senior Member
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Definitely not Arabic, and I thought maybe Hindi at first too, but Hindi is written with the letters "hanging" from the baseline, not above it, and are much more curly que-ish in appearance, so it's not that either. Originally Posted by sharptonn
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07-07-2011, 05:19 AM #9
It's very possible.I think they are Celtic.
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07-07-2011, 06:27 AM #10Razor Vulture
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Wow! You are saying that it is John Heiffor in Celtic? Man! that is good to know! Thanks, Manah!!! Originally Posted by manah
It's very possible.
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