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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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Also: The abrupt 'point' looks very fake Chinesey. As does the blade lettering. They are fairly well known for fairly good chemical 'aging'. Bit too uniform tho.
I'd expect a better cartouche, font, and gold lettering like this Gendarmarie Royale du Canada (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Junior Officers sword: (not mine) |
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Thank you all for the help.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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without a doubt, this is a modern crafted souvenir sword
fake it when something is faked, but in this case, nothing is faked |
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Location: The Netherlands
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It does however pretend to be old by the aging of the metal. I did not check all the sold items but I will be surprised if one of them was offered as "modern crafted souvernir sword". The few that I found were all offered pretending to be something old and rare : - WWII gilted GENDARMERIE ROYALE SWORD sharp blade saber - GENDARMERIE ROYALE SWORD WWII SINO-JAPANESE WAR - WW2 period French Gendarmerie Royale sword & scabbard - Vintage Gendarmerie Royale Sword-RARE - Japan Occupied China WWII police sword - 18th Century WW2 Japanese Sword Asian Antique Old Iron Knife Carving w/ Mark Best regards, |
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