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erlikhan · 31st July 2006, 07:35 AM

A Turkish style Persian kilij. The hilt is changed -according to me-,thats perhaps because I hate these type ugly and cheap iron hilts,and because of this I can't match it with a beautiful kilij blade. And Ham,your opposition about preferences is right but -I think- Yannis talked for general. If the same sword had a shamshir blade instead of a kilij,for sure it would have a lower closing bid. Prices of many shamshir swords we see on ebay would easily double up if those swords had kilij blades.

31st July 2006, 07:35 AM	#10
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	A Turkish style Persian kilij. The hilt is changed -according to me-,thats perhaps because I hate these type ugly and cheap iron hilts,and because of this I can't match it with a beautiful kilij blade. And Ham,your opposition about preferences is right but -I think- Yannis talked for general. If the same sword had a shamshir blade instead of a kilij,for sure it would have a lower closing bid. Prices of many shamshir swords we see on ebay would easily double up if those swords had kilij blades. Last edited by erlikhan; 31st July 2006 at 09:40 AM.