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It was a lucky thing that the etching was so deep. I didn't know which would start to disappear first, the scratches or the etch. In the end it was close.

Heh, the sellers pics didn't show just how bad the blade was.
The tang was in great shape and needed little more than some polishing paste. It was the driftwood like scales and horrible scratches on...

I just honed and shaved with it. I found a tiny bit of a frown about a third of the way from the heel and had to take off a little metal. Otherwise it sharpened easily and moves around my face well.

Me too, the two seem to be trying to compete with the same visual statement so as to appeal to the same buyers. The black filled stamp on the tangs are just too alike in execution.

That reminds me, I should give credit and thanks to Geezer for suggesting the use of diamond lapping film, which I used to try and keep the etching from rounding away. I still needed to follow up...

This one was abused and in rough shape as I have shown previously.

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It still has a lot of "character" but a little nicer now and I tried to show its best in the pictures....