Interesting cutlass on ebay

Tim Simmons · 31st May 2006, 08:03 PM

This is not the sort of thing I know much about but these are the things that make alarm bells ring for me.

For a heavy slashing weapon the guard seems in the wrong place.

The quillions and the bars on the guard look just a little too rough and hastily made with hammer marks.

The hammer marks on the swords back near the hilt are a little unnerving. These too seem in the wrong place to assist cutting with a hammer, if being used as a survival tool

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I could well be wrong but it is not just paranoia, constructs are out there.

Just always have in mind a fool and his money is soon parted

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31st May 2006, 08:03 PM	#6
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	This is not the sort of thing I know much about but these are the things that make alarm bells ring for me. For a heavy slashing weapon the guard seems in the wrong place. The quillions and the bars on the guard look just a little too rough and hastily made with hammer marks. The hammer marks on the swords back near the hilt are a little unnerving. These too seem in the wrong place to assist cutting with a hammer, if being used as a survival tool . I could well be wrong but it is not just paranoia, constructs are out there. Just always have in mind a fool and his money is soon parted .