What on Earth is it???????

ariel · 24th January 2010, 06:04 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_597wt_1167

Either it has motives from several cultures, or this is something I have never seen before!
Please, enlighten me.

kronckew · 24th January 2010, 06:20 PM

i don't care if it's excalibur, i don't like it. the price it didn't go for is about right but a bit high

looks like someones idea of a fantasy sword from someone not used to having ideas.... i cringe whenever ebay lists something as 'rare' - tho in this case i hope it means that there isn't another one like it....the only thing good about it is that it looks like it has some age & does not look like stainless steel. it seems to have snapped a few inches up from the grip & the pieces are butted together, or there is a score line there to enable a controlled break if you dared hit something with it.

Michael Blalock · 24th January 2010, 06:27 PM

Maybe it's photoshopped, something's funny there.

Tim Simmons · 24th January 2010, 07:11 PM

I have a feeling that this is a Benin? Yoruba? staff or parade staff sword. The decorative parts above the grip I have seen before and I am sure I have seen the kinked blade before. I am looking to see if I can find a picture of a similar item. I bet somebody comes up with one. I fear a real bargain was lost.

Robert · 24th January 2010, 07:22 PM

Not lost yet as it has been relisted.

Robert

24th January 2010, 06:04 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	What on Earth is it??????? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_597wt_1167 Either it has motives from several cultures, or this is something I have never seen before! Please, enlighten me.

24th January 2010, 06:20 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,205	i don't care if it's excalibur, i don't like it. the price it didn't go for is about right but a bit high looks like someones idea of a fantasy sword from someone not used to having ideas.... i cringe whenever ebay lists something as 'rare' - tho in this case i hope it means that there isn't another one like it....the only thing good about it is that it looks like it has some age & does not look like stainless steel. it seems to have snapped a few inches up from the grip & the pieces are butted together, or there is a score line there to enable a controlled break if you dared hit something with it. Last edited by kronckew; 24th January 2010 at 06:30 PM.

24th January 2010, 06:27 PM	#3
Michael Blalock Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: dc Posts: 271	Maybe it's photoshopped, something's funny there.

24th January 2010, 07:11 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,824	I have a feeling that this is a Benin? Yoruba? staff or parade staff sword. The decorative parts above the grip I have seen before and I am sure I have seen the kinked blade before. I am looking to see if I can find a picture of a similar item. I bet somebody comes up with one. I fear a real bargain was lost.

24th January 2010, 07:22 PM	#5
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Not lost yet as it has been relisted. Robert