Early aug. Merten sa - trade mark

[inimicus]

does this mark look good? thanks heaps.

[inimicus]

PIC 2

(logo is straight -the camera close-in wasn't)

[inimicus]

tang mark is a raised tiny 'circle A' and number '23' - what's this mean? again thanks for help.

[GaryMJ]

The maker mark looks good, also the forge mark on the tang is known, it denotes the foundry that produced the blade blanks, but remains unknown as far as I know...

Red

[inimicus]

thanks heaps gary! I guess learning which forge supplied which blanks to what 'assembly' firms still needs sorting out....

david

[inimicus]

sorry I mean Red (confused by your WAF ID)