I watched this sword on ebay recently and wanted it. I looks like an authenic chinese sword form the late 19th century, but.....a little worried about the pieces out of China in general. I saw a very similar sword at a nearby sword shop. It had the thickest damascus blade I have ever seen on a sword. Much like the one in this auction. The store owner wanted quite a bit more for it too. I would like to add a Chinese sword to my collection, I don't have one yet, and one like this looks to be affordable. What do you guys think?
Stephen*
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