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Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by RobT View Post
Jim Mcdougall,

This may or may not be relevant but “MK” in a Circle at the base of Ethiopian gurades stands for Matig Kevorkoff & Cie an Armenian importer based in Harar, Ethiopia. Perhaps some blades only carried an “M” for the importer’s first name.

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RobT
Thank you Rob, I was wondering the same thing and knew of Kevorkoff, but the single letter seems unusual for such a noted importer, also his first name initial does not sound likely. In the examples I've seen in many discussions this is the only blade I have seen with this anomaly.

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Jim
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