I am an English knife enthusiast presently livng in Taiwan near China. A Chinese friend of mine gave me these knives, they were picked up in Syin tzang western (islamic province) China. They seem fairly old but know nothing more about them that that. Anyone any ideas ? Or good places to look ? Is it a good idead to remove the rust ? Don't know how old they are ?

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Hi
i'm not expert on these.... but there are some super collectors on this forum...

but you will need very good and accurate pictures for them to help out...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/index.php?

take care
Greg

Thank you for that very helpful link. Yes I will get some better shots and will send them to anyone on that forum who is interested by e-mail;l so I can use a larger size picture.
That was a very useful link you sent me, interesting all around. Thanks for your consideration.:)