Picked this blade up for a steal at an antique mall (less than a bk value meal :D) Got it home looked at it's gorgeous scales again. Seems to be some discoloring...
What do you guys think? i can't tell if the rust on the tang is associated with it since it seems pretty uniform.
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1...00644zk.th.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9...00645iz.th.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/161/dsc00643rp.th.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6599/dsc00642zs.th.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6155/dsc00639mp.th.jpg
It's a Geisen & Forsthoff, Solingen Germany, Scales say "Adoration Hand Forged". Seems like it's never been used. and if it has it wasn't very often.