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			The letters appear to read...or are inscribed similar to  M 5 1 D D M   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	The rivets are indeed odd. See another rivet application at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=blade+rivets post #271. Salaams Ibrahiim al Balooshi...  
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