Visiting Seoul

digenis · 12th October 2016, 02:36 PM

Jerseyman,

It has been several years since I have visited Seoul and but I recall that there were almost no ethnographic weapons available for sale. Hopefully things have changed. There is a street call "Mary's alley" across from the main palace downtown that has some antique stores that may have something. There is also an antique district further out from the center near one of the commercial markets. Fake everything abounds. Fake celadon vases, fake Ming vases... I picked up a fake "ancient" Korean dagger as a souvenir. The metal was so soft I am not sure I could use it as a letter opener! On the positive side a couple of great museums downtown and a great museum on the Korean war. Best of luck!

12th October 2016, 02:36 PM	#2
digenis Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 48	Jerseyman, It has been several years since I have visited Seoul and but I recall that there were almost no ethnographic weapons available for sale. Hopefully things have changed. There is a street call "Mary's alley" across from the main palace downtown that has some antique stores that may have something. There is also an antique district further out from the center near one of the commercial markets. Fake everything abounds. Fake celadon vases, fake Ming vases... I picked up a fake "ancient" Korean dagger as a souvenir. The metal was so soft I am not sure I could use it as a letter opener! On the positive side a couple of great museums downtown and a great museum on the Korean war. Best of luck!