there is a laddered tulwar on ebay at present that i feel obliged to make members aware of. this is a current auction, but andrew has carefully alllowed its posting due to its fraudulant content.
neither of us would feel good about igoring the subject whilst a possible member bought a sword that we knew was mis-described.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ADME:B:EF:US:1
the last image the seller has posted, that shows a dark pattern and clear ladders does not belong to the advertised sword.
without going into too much detail, the photo in question was taken by me and is of a completely different sword.
whether the sword he is selling is indeed laddered, i do not know. i do know he is punctuating the sale with one of my images, which i know and recognise to be a completely different blade.