Hungarian hussar saber Fringia

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Originally Posted by serdar

But this saber is undoubtadly not genuine, somebody gave a lot of efort to make her that good looking.

Hungarian and Polish sabres and broadswords are among the most common fakes. Two years ago I wanted to buy a Hungarian broadsword from 1763, but I consulted with more knowledgeable colleagues in time. The broadsword turned out to be a fake, and I refused to buy it.

This broadsword is still hanging at auction, there are no takers.

As a rule, the first buyer pays a lot of money, then these items fall in price and hang around at auctions.

Unfortunately, here on the forum you cannot discuss items that are put up for auction, but no one forbids you from contacting participants in private messages.

Best regards,
Yuri

[serdar]

Ouuu blade is so well made, it looks real 100% BUT it bends like butter, im not egsagarating it is so soft that there is no way you could make a sirious damage with it.

I dont get it if they put so much effort in that forgery, why not make good tempered blade....?
One thing blade when struck with nail sings like its tempered but it definetly is not!

And on that other fake polish saber, blade snaped when i bent it, martensite like steel structure, some mix of steels acid aged.

It realy disgusts me that scammers and scumbags, make forgery of an antique weapons.

One needs to be very very carefull and thrust no one, but then again i dont get it several expert people looked at that polish saber and all said it is genuine, one of those persons is a old guy who has amazing european! Weapons from 1500-1800 and he was allso deceived by that forgery.

[Pertinax]

Originally Posted by serdar

One needs to be very very carefull and thrust no one, but then again i dont get it several expert people looked at that polish saber and all said it is genuine, one of those persons is a old guy who has amazing european! Weapons from 1500-1800 and he was allso deceived by that forgery.

It reminds me of the 1976 film with Adriano Celentano, "Bluff: A History of Scams and Frauds."