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A young man is flexing a sword to test its strength as the sword maker looks on and tests another one. Wood engraving by <?> Klinkight after A. Laby.
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A young man is flexing a sword to test its strength as the sword maker looks on and tests another one. Wood engraving by <?> Klinkight after A. Laby.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: His first blade. A. Laby <?> Klinkight. "The loving cup". - The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 14, 1878.

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