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Originally Posted by spiral
The first one is modern fake Tibetan in style, the curved blade is usual, saw loads like it in Nepal in 2005, all I saw were either modern Nepali fakes or mostly modern Chinese made imports….{Also fake...} Original Tibetan pieces obviously exist but there a lot more fake than real out there, & that isn't one of them.
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Spiral, this first one is obviously a modern example, but what makes them "fake" in your estimation? It doesn't seem to me that it is pretending to be an antique example. If it is it is doing a very poor job of it.