Sword in Museum Identification

[Henk]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Now the Scots were well known inventors, copper wire for example was a Scotish invention, discovered after a Scotsman and a Dutchman were one day fighting over a penny but to have invented the Jian...that would be a long shot.

Gav, the son of a Scot

Sorry mate, but i have to correct you.
It were the Dutch who invented the copper wire after fighting over a cent with a Scotsman. And it was proven. After this invention the Dutchman wrote a letter to a friend to tell him about his invention. To save the money for the stamp he wrote on the envelop before he posted the letter: "sorry, but the stamp fell off the envelop when i put the letter in the postbox"