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			Join Date: Dec 2004 
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			Ahah Athena , I knew you were an artist!!  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	  Thank you for drawing those figures out. Now the search begins , and this is pretty ...uh, very, esoteric. I'll start looking....meanwhile, where is Philip??? !!All the best, Jim  | 
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			Join Date: Feb 2005 
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			Hi Athena, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	You might try doing a rubbing on the sections of the blade where it is hard to read the characters. It could possibly bring them up enough to read. Could you post a picture of the whole sword? Robert  | 
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			The whole blade.
		 
		
		
		
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