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erlikhan
4th October 2006, 12:11 AM
This is offered by the seller as a Mongolian sword. I havent examined it in real.Just the pics. Or could be Korean or Chinese as well? Any suggestions about origin and period?

regards
ariel
4th October 2006, 12:35 AM
I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. It screams "CHINA-A-A!!!!"
ausjulius
4th October 2006, 05:36 AM
,, i think id rather have the 10 foot pole :D...
looks like a horrid antique, copyish thingy,,,..
dont touch it,
it is quite obviously totaly fake,
erlikhan
4th October 2006, 09:33 AM
lol.Thank you! Honestly didnt expect to hear so bad. I will stay 100 kms away from it :D
Bill M
4th October 2006, 12:26 PM
CCC :D

(Where is the barf smilie?)
Nick Wardigo
4th October 2006, 02:49 PM
Just to soften a bit of what Ariel said (his cry of, "CHINA-A-A!!!!"), I would like to emphasize that many very good, well-forged weapons have come from China. And a few Chinese pieces rival the best pieces from any other nation in the world. Having said that, this particular sword is not one of them.
Andrew
4th October 2006, 03:00 PM
Just to soften a bit of what Ariel said (his cry of, "CHINA-A-A!!!!"), I would like to emphasize that many very good, well-forged weapons have come from China. And a few Chinese pieces rival the best pieces from any other nation in the world. Having said that, this particular sword is not one of them.

I agree completely. I suspect Ariel was referring to the mass-produced sword-like objects flooding eBay in recent years.
RhysMichael
4th October 2006, 03:05 PM
Just to soften a bit of what Ariel said (his cry of, "CHINA-A-A!!!!"), I would like to emphasize that many very good, well-forged weapons have come from China. And a few Chinese pieces rival the best pieces from any other nation in the world. Having said that, this particular sword is not one of them.

I also agree I love the true chinese swords, I wish I had the money to own more of them. It is a shame that the current crop of mass produced knock offs is giving chinese swords a bad name. Most of the swords many of us do collect were influenced by chinese smiths
ariel
4th October 2006, 08:27 PM
Just to soften a bit of what Ariel said (his cry of, "CHINA-A-A!!!!"), I would like to emphasize that many very good, well-forged weapons have come from China. And a few Chinese pieces rival the best pieces from any other nation in the world. Having said that, this particular sword is not one of them.

Sorry for the telegraphic style: of course, my comment referred to contemporary junk manufactured in China and sold on e-bay as " Russian yatagan", " Tibetan Tulwar" and "Housecarl sword with cuprum vagina".
ausjulius
5th October 2006, 06:53 AM
"Housecarl sword with cuprum vagina".
ive gotta get me one of them ..


yes true there is many good chinese made swords,,
but the,, things you see today are mostly ,, 10foot pole items , so to say,,
there is still several good sword makers in china,, it is a pitty that their work is not commonly available,,,

also ,, one mush however be careful when buying real chinese antiques,, in china making ripoffs and nockoffs of swords gos back 100 years , in the 1900 in hongkong this was alrady common practice, mostly making these bone katanas and such ,