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look at that... I still have a couple of functioning brain cells!

My first thought was Hermes too, but looking at the close up, it seems to have a feminine form?
Now that you say "automotive" though, my brain is burning with a lost thought that this might...

The reason is the scales, pure and simple. I have seen many over the years, (started on straights in the 80's) and I have never seen that design before. The more obscure the design, the more...