Italian? Rapier

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Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

Magnificent piece by the way. Considering that six months ago I had no connection with the sword world I am rapidly becoming desirous of a variety of examples, and a rapier like yours is on the list.

Thank you! I did processing similar to what you did, it made the detail somewhat more visible, thanks for the hint!

There appear to be some characters along the way, perhaps things like I, L or Y. And the termination symbol looks interesting.