And that's where we get into newness, if it's not being passed off as oldness, isn't neccessarily a bad thing. I think this is a newish piece that starts this thread, but it looks traditional, and may not be a bad little sword, for the right price, to the right person, etc. I'm intrigued and blown away by the hollow ones; I guess it's kind of like having a bamboo k(e)ris or daito; it still fulfills the cultural requirements of "proper dress"? I'd love to see some of them, actually; I have no idea about them, or how to spot them. They certainly sound pretty cheesy, but I know that a few of the old hollow pressed tin toy swords I've seen would look real cool in a photo, for instance, but were of that almost foil-like thin-ness in person, and with visible pressed seams, etc.....just weird!
Hollow fake daggers; really truly fake in that they aren't really daggers; I've bought a few jambiyas on the internet, actually; I guess I've lucked out. How long do you think this has gone on? Is it a new thing?