27th October 2006, 03:37 AM
			
			
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					Originally Posted by ariel
					
				 
				 I have a wakizashi that bears a signature of somebody from 13th(?) century. Probably, forged. It is so old, that it has about half of its original width left. I dread to think of all the mechanical stresses it went through. I would not dream offering it to somebody for a cutting test. But, if it had been polished and repolished so many times, it must have signified something to its many owners.  It earned a comfortable retirement in a company of other, equally scarred, veterans. 
			
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 And I bet that it is worth quite a bit!    
Cheers 
Chris
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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