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Very interesting. I've seen 2 line Swatys marked Marlbor or was it Marburg ? I've also seen ebay Swatys marked Yugoslavia or something similar. That would be really cool if my Swatys were that old...

Karl, if you're correct in that interpretation of Clavichord's conclusion than that would make these hones I have pre 1888. I have a hard time with that. Not that it isn't possible but I just don't...

I appreciate the clarification. I've never seen one so marked. I imagine the three I have to have been made in the 1950s or '60s ?

FWIW, I have two long and one regular. All three have the Franz Swaty, Wahring bei Wien, with Austria in parenthesis. The NIB long one which appears to be the most recent has the logo in letters cut...

Take a look at the photo of the instructions and the inscriptions on the hones (both long Swatys) here and you'll see the info quoted above.