help on a strange sword , translation on arab inscription ...

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by BerberDagger

Hi, I disagree ... the style is spanish XV Century not chinese , the blade is damascus ... maybe a composite sword but chinese is very hard !!!

can i have link of the similar chinese sword you mean please ? I never seen a similar chinese sword...

thank you a lot

Salaams BerberDagger ~ I assume this is for me to answer?... Yes. Possibly this is a composite... Not beyond the possibility of a theatrical made up job nor perhaps influenced by Toledo Oriental form..but I don't think it is old nor do I think it is genuine. I think it is interesting. The writing on the hilt appears to be not Arabic but more Chinese looking cloud designs. The blade (and it may be your picture) does not appear to be Damascus...The brass cross guard looks recently cast. It may have some similarity to 15th C but in my opinion it is a new reproduction.

As a contributor I only make observations and whereas you may wish to set out to prove a swords provenance ... I don't think I need to process the details proving that it is not.

You asked for comments by posting the thread ... I am simply doing that.

The floor, however,is all yours .. Go ahead and prove the link to 15th C.
(Please see below Joan of Ark.)
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.