Very Interesting Saif/Nimcha

[Jeff D]

Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi

found itself in Zanzibar or Yemen. I have seen many hexagrams on european sabre blades, especially Wilkinson's, but never really understood what they stood for

Hi Saqr,

The Wilkinson sword company started with the brass proof mark as a way of marking that their blades were superior. Other companies soon copied this practice. So Wilkinson started placing the hexagrams around their proof marks to differentiate themselves.That also was eventially copied.

Jeff