The more I look at this blade the less I like it, without having it in hand I suspect the blade has been cleaned off and a new etch applied, I have seen this before on a few blades, these blades are plated, there is a picture showing the reverse riccasso on Craigs auction site that in my opinion shows some serious cleaning and lack of plating, this blade has the long riccasso seen on these pieces, perhaps somebody with a better knowledge of Alcoso marks can comment on this one as mine is different though that may only be to it being produced within a different time frame. These short blades were also used by WKC and the etch direction (it may be that this etch is actually upside down as well) is always consistent.
I'm going to leave it there as there are also a couple of other things that don't add up on this piece, I'm not going to divulge these as I do not wish to help any fakers out there.
Gary
