Thank you Gene, Colin and Jim
,
I am very pleased with it....and it was quite cheap
I bought this from, of all places, a 'boot fair' .....for our non Brits....this is where you load your car with unwanted items, drive to a muddy field with other 'car booters' , set up a stall, wait for the 'customers' and sell your 'wares'.
Imagine my surprise to see this on display .....bearing in mind the current knife/sword laws in the UK
A quick unsuccessful haggle, had me walking around the boot fair without the sword.....left it for around 1 hour....went back with my final offer (well not really
, but he believed it was)... which was accepted. I got the distinct impression, that comments by others about the legality of sword sales ... worried the seller....and was very much to my advantage
Very much looking forward to further comments from the books of the 'Wandering Librarian'
Thanks Jim
Kind Regards David