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Kubur · 28th April 2019, 10:05 PM

Hi guys
thank you for your comments, i agree totally of course.
Now I own a few solingen passau blades and i know how they should look like.This blade looks like a 16 17th c. blade. If its a copy it's an amazing copy.
Now this blade comes with a jineta hilt.
The guard / hilt connection looks machine cut sp it's a 19th c. copy.
BUT the hilt is finely engraved, tombak covered and decorated with glass stones and turquoises like eastern European swords.
I looked at all the 19th c. jineta copies sold the past 15 years and this one is far above the best ones that I've seen on line.
It's a mystery for me... I'll post some photos and i hope some members will be able to give me the origin of this 19th c. copy...

28th April 2019, 10:05 PM	#6
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Hi guys thank you for your comments, i agree totally of course. Now I own a few solingen passau blades and i know how they should look like.This blade looks like a 16 17th c. blade. If its a copy it's an amazing copy. Now this blade comes with a jineta hilt. The guard / hilt connection looks machine cut sp it's a 19th c. copy. BUT the hilt is finely engraved, tombak covered and decorated with glass stones and turquoises like eastern European swords. I looked at all the 19th c. jineta copies sold the past 15 years and this one is far above the best ones that I've seen on line. It's a mystery for me... I'll post some photos and i hope some members will be able to give me the origin of this 19th c. copy...