fernando and Jim, thanks for your comments.
I remember the sword having stamps but they were not so clear however one of them looked like a half moon.
Pietro Hernandez is not a name i saw before, the different spelling of the same name seems te be verry common on blades of that period.
Andrea Ferrara is sush an example the same goes for antonio pichinnino and i'm sure there are more examples.
In case of Andrea Ferrara i heard that some used name a quality mark on the blade, perhaps some motives were commercial.
The spelling of names in those day's was as the were prenounced, in other words the wrote it down as they heard it.
Perhaps it would be interesting to make a list of different way's of spelling of sword makers names on blades.
kind regards
Ulfberth
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