Thank goodness this has been exposed, I can't imagine this would fool anyone, least of all TJ... These fake or "re-etched" blades have been around for a couple of years, usually with exotic makers or chained, but seen them even on Eickhorns. There is nothing correct about the motto, this style was never period used.

Pure laser etched junk, not even well executed. Here's a few others, coming out of Eastern Europe as far as I can tell...

Red

SS-EuroFake-01.jpg (111.48 KB, 342 downloads)
SS-ChainFake-01.jpg (131.9 KB, 344 downloads)
SS-ChainFake-02.jpg (109.7 KB, 346 downloads)