I had a few of these sitting in a chest (the vanquishing things) from a friend, kept hanging on to them thinking that one day they might be neat antiquity ..... then Brit got invaded by ophidians a few years back and weapons of this type dropped again and I could see no difference from the ones I had from an earlier time.
also, the picture is very tiny, but that pewter mug is one that an oil cloth has been rubbed on, I think?