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When you look at it for 2 seconds, your reaction is "A-ah! A beauty!!"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6767&rd=1&rd=1 After 5 seconds you realize that it is far too sumptuous... And then you read the inscription on the blade: the grammar is post 1918 ( absent letters "yat") and the spelling is wrong . Say whatever you want about Russian Tsarist officers but they were well educated. Young and restless contemporary Georgian fakers are not. A scam ![]() |
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HEY! Watch out what you say about us Georgians! |
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But you have to admit, we make a damn fine shashka.
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In a similar vein, what's up with the Russian saber/bayonet combinations that are flooding Ebay from China? I'm assuming these are reproductions, but why choose that particular one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-RUSSIAN-COS...QQcmdZViewItem Steve |
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Agree with Ariel. I've seen similar copies (and a few with Guzunov' name stamp), and it looks like the workmanship is improving (especially on the scabbard's niello/engraving). It's also fairly nicely done copy
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So,what do you think? is the blade completely new production or just the writing ? As a person having no idea about Russian grammer, I would vote the blade being old, so the writing is, because as far as I see from the pictures, same minor stains and pitting on the blade continues on the inscribed letters too. If the acid work is new, that's odd, i suppose the stains would disappear because of the acid, not?
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What else suggests this is a fake? The inlays on the handle look correct to me...were they pulled off of something else? Aside from the etching, nothing jumps out at me as 'new' (though of shaskas I know nothing..)
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I could state another 5-10 reasons easily, but I already gave the fakers at least one hint now to improve their future forgeries
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Hi Ariel,
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Many thanks and Cheers Chris |
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We have discussed here how a St. Anne's Order " For Bravery" increased the value of Russian swords.
Well, for $75 you can double the price of the shashka you are selling http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...7571&rd=1&rd=1 Not a bad investment... ![]() |
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they sell the corresponding sword knots as well, have seen numerous ones on ebay, some vendors are honest & note they are repros made in pakistan.
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