And just to deal a bit here with fred's other "smoking gun" with just a couple of photographs, consider these two swords (both indisputably real). Look how SLOPPY things are! And if Fred (Stephens) comes back and says "oh, but those blades must be fake too, then go get whatever etched blade you have in your collection, pull it out, and I all but guarantee that you will find "slop" to the same degree as on these swords, or on the Wolfe sword. Remember, these guys weren't performing brain surgery. They were trying to sell a product!

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Craig Gottlieb
Founder, German Daggers Dot Com
www.cgmauctions.com