Please help on bronze axes

ariel · 5th April 2008, 03:45 PM

Several times I looked at yet another "Luristani" bronze dagger/sword and every time walked away.
I just do not know how to distinguish the real thing from forgery.
Based on the stuff coming from China, the technologies of casting and aging must be pretty simple and well worked-out and it must be a cheap mass-production enterprise.
Are there any criteria whereby one can reliably identify forgery, other than the Chinese seller, of course ?

5th April 2008, 03:45 PM	#7
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Several times I looked at yet another "Luristani" bronze dagger/sword and every time walked away. I just do not know how to distinguish the real thing from forgery. Based on the stuff coming from China, the technologies of casting and aging must be pretty simple and well worked-out and it must be a cheap mass-production enterprise. Are there any criteria whereby one can reliably identify forgery, other than the Chinese seller, of course ?