An interesting point I thought was worth noting is the presence of what in the past was called a brick; see post 1 in this thread started by Bill M;
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hinese+pitting
The interesting thing is, this sword only has one that is able to be seen in the current polish but why it is seen is that it looks to have never been filled. I am uncertain why it is there as there is little wrong with the polish surface, it appears all original???
Image to follow with further updated.