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Old 11th March 2008, 12:19 AM   #2
Gavin Nugent
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Default Hmmm

You know, one question that has always plagued me, with the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers that have walked the earth in the last 1000years why are their arms so scarce in the market place?

I first started viewing this inventory some many years ago now and I see the same things over and over and never so much as a scabbard or a scabbard fitting even? I consider that a little strange on it's own merit.

When in doubt, trust your own instincts I guess. The facts are, I don't think any of us will really know what is true and what is not as there is no "bible that I know of that we can refer to from the centuries past and I know I wasn't there when all these old weapons were made all those years ago. I guess what we can do as a collective is share points of reference we have in books or our private collections and that of museums and just see what we can come up with in our own studies. Also, are all these 1000+ items of inventory really in Hong Kong? I will always remain a sceptic until there is such evidence that I cannot ignore to say that it is all ok. I mean the prices offered of are not really bank breaking are they, but that in it'self has two sides, who would sell an original that cheap so often or who would sell an excellent copy with so many hours spent on it so cheap?

My spider senses are tingling.

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