This specimen is one of the most dramatic Himmelsfurst silver "ropes" I have seen or know of, for its robust thickness and elegant curvature! It is so fine and large, one first thinks it IS from kongsberg, and not from germany. Heck, it would be worth even more from Norway, I suppose, but I am told by several folks more expert than I that it indeed has the minute distinguishing characteristics of an old German specimen. It is, in person, nothing short of spectacular in its aspect and size!