That's an even better story than that of the 13th century poinard stolen from us in the early '80s. It resurfaced when the fellow who bought it (almost 15 years later) in a box o' stuff at Brimfield walked into the ONLY place in the world (Victory Antiques in Portsmouth) where someone would know it was stolen and at the only time of the week when Tom was there and the fellow's son commented on the hilt's similarity to a sword that Tom had for sale. The guy was only killing time while his wife had her hair or nails done down the street. Tom sketched the knife (and the markings on the blade) for the shop owner while the guy went to the car to get it. Ayuh, same knife. Because it was stolen property, the fellow couldn't legally sell it or anything. I even managed to unearth all the police paperwork from the time of the break-in. We ended up paying him what he had paid for the knife plus a finder's fee and it's safe at home again.