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Message:: [QUOTE="kotkinjs1, post: 254110, member: 5010"]Hi all,The sword finally came in the mail and I've got some better photos. Hollyblue, I think I see what you mean by acid etched now - I can clearly see a difference between what looks engraved into the metal versus wider 'etched' type of surfaces, both in the lettering. Its got zero stamps on the handle, hilt, etc but it is maker's marked (?) on the spine - P. <something> Solingen....but this was engraved into the metal as well by hand....not a stamp like I've normally seen. On the reverse side of the blade it's just got some fancy design, by hand, also. Anyway, please let me know if you'd like photos of different areas than the ones I've taken. Thoughts? I might follow up with the recommendation earlier about Skinners (thanks sprinfld.arsenal!) but anyone venture a guess here?  [ATTACH=full]78651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78655[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78658[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]