Unusual Joseph Elliot. Anyone seen one like it?
Okay, this is more of a show and ask... And when it's me asking if anyone's seen a Joseph Elliot like this, you know it's going to be good...
http://theshiveringbeggar.com/wp-con...058171f7f1.jpg
I can't recall ever seeing one with that sort of tang -- and it's fully original, as both the top and the bottom are fully jimped.
The scales on this one are not original, and ideally I'd like to make a new set more in keeping with the original design. The problem is that I have no idea what that was. My intuition is that this was a fancier model, so possibly ivory scales.
Also noteworthy, I think that's not a VR on the blade, but a partial stamp WR, placing this in the 1830-1837 vicinity.