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Originally posted by Fred Prinz (aka "Frogprince"):
And if Lwov has some insight on more recent manufacturing operations at Zlatoust, I for one would be interested in learning more about them.
Fred, it is as simple as that: As I said earlier all post WW II soviet daggers were made at Zlatoust by the same maker. The maker's mark on the ricasso changed three times because the factory changed its name.
here is the picture of these marks. the year underneath the mark is the year the dagger was made.
