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Thanks. That is a plausible answer. Very nice to have your input. It is from a slightly different vantage point than most of ours along with the fact that it has been your business for a long time....

The scales are probably not original, but the lines stamped on the tang surely had to be made before it was hardened. Otherwise it would have cracked the blade. I thought maybe a second, but can't...

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This is obviously an Ern Ator but why has the tang been stamped with lines to obscure the name and country?
Does anyone have any info as to why this was done?