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Originally Posted by fernando
Exending further on previously posted assumption by Don Enrique de Leguina in his work LOS MAESTROS ESPADEROS by (1897 ?) and the paper "Tres
espadas de la época de Felipe II conservadas en la Armeria del Palacio Real de Madrid" by Fernando A. Martin, the evidence that Sebastian Hernandez (and son) personal symbol was a Z and not a 3, seems to be unbeatable.
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Well proven Fernando!!! Since the use of letters (as initials or ???) is well established, and no other use of numbers seems apparent....the letter Z is it. It is hard to figure why the selection of the last letter of a name is used but as observers hundreds of years later, who knows what idiosyncrasies were at hand. With the 'P' some have suggested 'Pedro' which was indeed the name of some the makers, but again, inconsistencies prevail.