19 c Pata, recently sold on eBay...comments please?

[katana]

Hi all,
followed this Pata on eBay....unfortunately the bidding got a little 'rich'...but I had reservations about its age. The guard seems to be 'artificially antiqued'.....I am not saying it definately is....but that is my impression from the images. :shrug: The blade 'mounting plates' also look to be weak....especially with the length of blade.

I do like these.. :cool: ..they almost verge in the 'fantasy' category.

Was this a 'good' Pata or was I right to be suspicious

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160102322543&rd=1&rd=1

David

[Emanuel]

Hi David,

The flanges holding the blade look like they were crudely repaired at some point, and it's odd that they do not align with the blade. The gauntlet looks a bit like a khukri I once posted, that had been aged and dunked into bronze of some sort. The monster head i've seen on a number of patas, so I don't think that's unusual. There is another one I'm watching on the bay, perhaps the bidding will not get as rich :)

Emanuel