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Old 19th May 2011, 08:23 PM   #14
kai
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The brass ferrule is a little bit more than 1 mm. I don't know how strong it is by older ones.
Over 1mm sounds reasonable. Craftmanship of the ferrule (and brass pieces on scabbard) looks post-WW2 to me but seems to be ok to keep this way.

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The tip of the blade was compressed but this I have grinded with a stone.
Compressed? Many smaller blade damages can be carefully straigthened out - I'd be reluctant to grind away even minor defects (to avoid loss of metal, changing the shape, etc.).

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Kai
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