hi mikee
karl mullers father made the damascus for the ww1 period swords called maiden hair then his son sorry forgot his first name mullers son expermented with what he called four band turkish demascus he also wirked in dacau camp producing four band turkish damascus ss letter openers for reichsfuhrer heinrich himmler i owned probly five of these letter openers of fifty years and getting back to this damascus sword in my honest opinion its a great looking copy also before i forget in all my years at looking at swords letter openers and himmlers gifts not one that i examined over the years was blank like tis sword is all had mullers name and damask on the tang hope every body agrees god bless andy militarynut