Re: Looking for info on 19th century sword's value

brian w edginton wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:56:30 -0300, Clurrie
> <clurrie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> It has a lion's-head pommel and leather (s****-skin?) grip
> 
> Guessing that is ray skin.
> Can't help, otherwise.
> But Wilkinson did all sorts of military and ceremonial swords
> If I had to guess, I would say it was a Naval Officer's swor.
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> Death is Nature's way of telling you you aren't 
> needed, any more.

There also seems to be a group or forum devoted to knife collecting and 
identification at bladeforums.com