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Hi Byron, I tried a private message, but that caused my IE to close with an unknown exeption. My last public post included a sorry I cannot post the link, because of the forum rules, but that text part "dissapeared" (I guess, because a nono word was there). You can view the image here http...

Hi Trev,

now that you mention it, it could be a Diana head. But I'm really not sure, if I really see remenants of it, or if if I just see, what I want.

Somehow I cannot see, how the cartouche shape would fit for Austro-Hungarian 1872-1922, 900 Standard.

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HiMan

Now I understand the guard "thing". Finally found a small illustration of use (modern knife). It shows how a piece is cut of a chicken from bottom to top, in other words from plate towards fork, knife blade facing up. And even I can clearly see how the guard would keep the blade from reach...

Hello group,

a new try at taking a better picture of the hallmark



Is ist "Kreuzband"? Art Nouveau? Any pointer to France?

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HiMan

Hi Byron, thanks! Using the same search phrase as you, I found this explanation http://www.culliners.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=44" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "the guard prevents the knife accidently sliding over the fork handle." An...

Hi Cheryl, Hi Byron, finger guard sounds interesting. Cheryl, could you eleborate how it is supposed to work. Can't really imagine how. The fork is in the meat. You cut with the blade down, the moved out "finger" on the fork stands out at 90° degrees and would be above the blade of the kn...

Hi Tom, thank you for your interest. Unfortunately not much to describe. It looks like a very small sign (taking up approx. a third of the lowered area of the mark. I will try a new picture tomorrow in daylight. I do have a simple magnifying glass, but that does not help me much either. Best Regards...

PS: Looks like the thumbnail view for one of the images did not work. Try again



And please correct "...get the piece of meat off the fork after cutting", typo sorry

Dear group, I recently aquired a pair of carvers. According to the seller they were found in a case in France, when an old house was torn down. They were crusted with rust and dirt. I have started cleaning them and would love to find out what exacly I got. I searched all your site, but cannot identi...