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I don't really have a setup so this was as best as can be approximated with unidirectional hand sanding and sanding forms

Here's the pair after some cleaning. I unpinned them and sanded to get the active rust off. I approximated a glaze finish on the tangs and crocus on the blades. Upon taking them apart, there was...

Well that explains why my searching through the digitized versions turned up nothing, ha.



Looking at it again, I'm 99.99% certain this has been reground. Stamps go deep, and usually are left...

Mostly experience. These would have had a glaze or crocus finish, and the grinding is very obviously a rough grinding that you often see from oldschool regrinds - hard to tell from pictures, but once...

Dated very roughly based on blade and scale shape and experience. Found online.

Being from Sweden / Scandinavia, do you know anything of the history of them? To me the name sounds like it is from that area.

I'm not sure, it looks like some kind of nail tool, like the smaller tool on fingernail clippers. Looks newer than the set.

Fresh in from across the Atlantic. I rarely see stubtails in pairs, or in ivory. I'm sure they were reground, but long ago. It's a shame about the rust, but that can be lightly cleaned away. I'm not...