Rick, the wootz on the blade you showed is absolutely stunning!
One of my favourite wootz blades is in the Figiel's book, page 80. Yours is the next:-) There is a reason why it is called "watered", and I always admired blades which resemble that water surface effect. Having features like ladders, etc is always a plus. Here are some of these mentioned patterns. sorry I do not show the complete items, as not to detract from the "real" beauty:-)
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