A Beater Sword

[harrywagner]

Thanks! i took a chance on this one. I should know better. Nothing to do but shrug it off. I have come to accept that I will get burned occasionally trying to quickly makeup for four decades of missed collecting. It is not a total loss. It will make good office decor, and it still counts towards my education. The more pieces I handle, fake or real, the better I will be at spotting the keepers. At least I hope that is the case! For the record, I don't have any hard feelings towards the dealer I bought this from. I will be more cautious about buying from them again, but am not about to make a fuss over a small thing like this. Thanks again for the help. I like knowing what I have. As much as I dislike being fooled, I would dislike it even more if I was fooled and never knew.

Harry

[Ian]

Harry:

It happens to everyone. That's how we learn.

Ian

Originally Posted by harrywagner

Thanks! i took a chance on this one. I should know better. Nothing to do but shrug it off. I have come to accept that I will get burned occasionally trying to quickly makeup for four decades of missed collecting. It is not a total loss. It will make good office decor, and it still counts towards my education. The more pieces I handle, fake or real, the better I will be at spotting the keepers. At least I hope that is the case! For the record, I don't have any hard feelings towards the dealer I bought this from. I will be more cautious about buying from them again, but am not about to make a fuss over a small thing like this. Thanks again for the help. I like knowing what I have. As much as I dislike being fooled, I would dislike it even more if I was fooled and never knew.

Harry

[Tim Simmons]

Collecting on a tight budget, especially with early enthusiasm does tend to lead to a few errors. This is still going to happen on occasions when seasoned. I bet wealthy collectors make mistakes too, but they have less need to gamble. Keep looking and learn, as goods buys can be had online.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

Thanks! i took a chance on this one. I should know better. Nothing to do but shrug it off. I have come to accept that I will get burned occasionally trying to quickly makeup for four decades of missed collecting. It is not a total loss. It will make good office decor, and it still counts towards my education. The more pieces I handle, fake or real, the better I will be at spotting the keepers. At least I hope that is the case! For the record, I don't have any hard feelings towards the dealer I bought this from. I will be more cautious about buying from them again, but am not about to make a fuss over a small thing like this. Thanks again for the help. I like knowing what I have. As much as I dislike being fooled, I would dislike it even more if I was fooled and never knew.

Harry

......collecting is not a race. Those who started (in their minds) late, are not going to "catch up" to those who have been collecting for many years.
A collection is not judged IMHO on numbers of items, but rather the quality of what is in the collection.

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

Thanks! i took a chance on this one. I should know better. Nothing to do but shrug it off. I have come to accept that I will get burned occasionally trying to quickly makeup for four decades of missed collecting. It is not a total loss. It will make good office decor, and it still counts towards my education. The more pieces I handle, fake or real, the better I will be at spotting the keepers. At least I hope that is the case! For the record, I don't have any hard feelings towards the dealer I bought this from. I will be more cautious about buying from them again, but am not about to make a fuss over a small thing like this. Thanks again for the help. I like knowing what I have. As much as I dislike being fooled, I would dislike it even more if I was fooled and never knew.

Harry

Hi Harry,

I wasn't to sure whether it was a tourist item or not when I first saw your photos in fact I toyed with the idea that it might be Syrian because of the shape of the hilt, it was Kubur`s comments that made up my mind. I still like it though and reckon given a good clean and polish it will make a really good conversation piece. It was worth having for the story that came with it.
I agree entirely with your last comments and is the attitude that I have always had to my mistakes over the last 50 plus years of collecting.

Kind regards
Miguel