Barry... I have no problem with your Type I, but there are a few who would call your blade a fake because of the "fluted" letter M in the word Meine. If I recall correctly, one member of GDC adamantly claimed that this style of script was never used. Another member claimed that these blades were either Czech or Polish reproductions.

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