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Lee Watts
Location: Wales, UK ,europe Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Björn Hellqvist
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Posted: Thu 25 Sep, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure about that one. Swords from anonymous British collections and of Eastern European origin are a bit dodgy in my eyes. Could be real, but the seller has had some dubious stuff for sale before. What I find curious about this sword is the poor fit of the guard - most originals I've seen and/or handled have displayed a much tighter fit. I wouldn't bid on that sword unless I had had the opportunity to handle it first.
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Joshua Powell
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Posted: Thu 25 Sep, 2003 7:54 pm Post subject: Orange rust? |
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Isn't orange rust ussually the active kind?
the kind that might result from a sword being artifically aged, or from exceedingly poor care?
I don't think that the sword would have lasted 600-700 years with that kind of maintence.
josh
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Björn Hellqvist
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Posted: Thu 25 Sep, 2003 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the seller says that the sword hasn't been preserved, and that it was found "decades" ago, so the active rust might be a result of storing in humid conditions. It could be artifically aged modern repro made in Eastern Europe a couple of years ago just as well. Hard to tell.
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Justin Fores
Location: NY Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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Posted: Sun 28 Sep, 2003 10:29 pm Post subject: Total.... |
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Total fake, this EFTIS person/group has sold a huge amount of fake swords for tens of thousands of dollars and no matter how many times we report them, ebay does nothing. I havent pinpointed what brand this sword is but Im actually thinking it may be a Del Tin, they also sold a fake gladius recently for a considerable amount of money.
Justin
"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions ... but by iron and blood." - Count Otto von Bismarck
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