Just another proof that we all have strange and incomprehensible desires.
I would call this piece schlocky but there were enough buyers who had a special niche for this masterpiece in the deep, dark recesses of their souls.
I had similar moments of insanity and, having unpacked the monstrosity, could not understand what possessed me to spend money on that piece of junk. Some just have the itch all the time and end up with a huge arsenal of Chinese katanas ( a friend of mine is inordinately proud of his display of those!).
To be perfectly frank, from a purely logical point of view the kind of swords we collect makes no difference: they are all useless. As for their being objects of art, investment values, historical artifacts etc, we all have different tastes and hundred years from now these pieces will be hundred years old. All of these "reasons" were mostly designed to convince our spouses that the money was well spent. Any collecting is a form of insanity.
Join the asylum, buddies......
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