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Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES
Alex
Years ago a famous bladesmith referred to the stuff we collect as tribal junk which I thought was quite snobbish.
Lew
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It can even be understood as a racist quote... "tribal junk"...
Anyway, on other fora I'm renown to be "traditionally minded"
but
honestly age is *not* a warranty of quality. Of course you can't expect
from a modern made sword the same feeling an antique (even a junk one)
has, but it's not fair, IMHO to completely put down modern made works.
The one that started this thread seems to me an excellent work, but to
make judgment about the price or the historical/cultural accuracy is
beyond my knowledge.