Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Late 16 C Kilij / Pala blade for discussion

ariel · 22nd July 2007, 09:08 PM

I hear the qualms and the doubts, but....
I think it is real. This one shows so many signs of natural aging that it is difficult to imagine it being made as a "historical fake".
This one may re-write a big chapter in the chronology of Ottoman weaponry!
Artzi, my hat is off to this blade. Mazal Tov!

22nd July 2007, 09:08 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I hear the qualms and the doubts, but.... I think it is real. This one shows so many signs of natural aging that it is difficult to imagine it being made as a "historical fake". This one may re-write a big chapter in the chronology of Ottoman weaponry! Artzi, my hat is off to this blade. Mazal Tov!