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Old 22nd May 2006, 02:42 PM   #12
ALEX
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Originally Posted by ariel
The $755/$18,000 ratio was humorous.
I doubt very much it is a real AssadUllah's signature purely on statistical grounds: he must have made ,- what?- 100? 200?- swords in his lifetime, but thousands of swordmakers put his name on their swords. )
Remember, AssadUllah means "God's Lion", so ANY sword with Persian Lion stamp IS AssadUllah. It's not a person, it's a school.
I just saw a real AL blade (with old AL name stamp as a person, not a school, just like in the Fiegel catalogue) just for $4K. BUT how do you tell who put the stamp on
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