A couple of daggers

ALEX · 6th April 2010, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed

"New" as in, like, yesterday or a bit older than that?

Hi Ed. The age for these items is irrelevant in my opinion. A year, five or a day is meaningless as these are souvenirs, not "real" weapons.
There are several artists selling them directly from India via eBay, with similar if not better quality. Sandeep is one of them and also a Forum member, and a great koftgari master.
P.S. hope you did not buy them as "antiques" as you mentioned you bought them on antique arms show.

Ed · 6th April 2010, 12:50 PM

Not antiques, just thinking that they were not yesterday.

The reason was simple: my son grabbed me and waxed ecstatic about them. I really never heard him go on about the beauty of an object before. Being an old behaviorist, I promptly reinforced his behavior.

So, as you can see, it really does not matter. They are attractive things and have weaned my son off of "Red Dragon Super Knife" type products.

6th April 2010, 12:50 PM	#2
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 256	Not antiques, just thinking that they were not yesterday. The reason was simple: my son grabbed me and waxed ecstatic about them. I really never heard him go on about the beauty of an object before. Being an old behaviorist, I promptly reinforced his behavior. So, as you can see, it really does not matter. They are attractive things and have weaned my son off of "Red Dragon Super Knife" type products.