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Old 12th June 2008, 06:15 AM   #1
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Default Incredibly Lucky Ebay Find?

So, this auction ended a few days ago:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stunning-Eastern...QQcmdZViewItem

And I just won this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=011

As far as I can tell the only difference is mine is missing the end cap... So needless to say I'm pretty excited.

I assume Ashoka Arts' listing is an accurate description? Any other info about it would be welcome, as always!

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Old 12th June 2008, 06:32 AM   #2
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I think we have discussed those before, and the general consensus was that they were made in Central Asia in the 2nd half of the 20th century and intended as souvenirs. But I cannot find the topic now and my memory may be misleading me.
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Old 12th June 2008, 06:45 AM   #3
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The Carpathian axe, Valashka, is a totally different animal. The two e-bay ones are Afghani and likely, as Theodor says, pretty fresh. Yours has a more realistic price, to put it mildly
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Old 12th June 2008, 06:57 AM   #4
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Damn, well, at least it was cheap! Did anyone ever notice that you can't look up the word "axe" in the forum search, because it is too small? Does anyone know a way around that?

I'll post a picture as a public service of the offending axe.

Thanks for the info!

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Old 12th June 2008, 09:41 AM   #5
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the two copper inlays are indicative of afghani origins i understand.

words of three letters and under are not normally allowed in vbulletin fora searches unless the admins fiddle a bit - there is a setting for min. word length. maybe? would also help for those looking for mfg. stamps and initials on weapons if at least three letters were allowed. as this would tend to use more cpu time, the min. interval between searches could be increased a bit to make up for it.
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Old 12th June 2008, 02:48 PM   #6
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Those are BRAND NEW tourist pieces from any-stan, produced with chromed blades and then aged... )) I've also burnt myself, not too long ago. As sensei uses to say: Caveat Emptor
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the two copper inlays are indicative of afghani origins i understand.

words of three letters and under are not normally allowed in vbulletin fora searches unless the admins fiddle a bit - there is a setting for min. word length. maybe? would also help for those looking for mfg. stamps and initials on weapons if at least three letters were allowed. as this would tend to use more cpu time, the min. interval between searches could be increased a bit to make up for it.
If there is a setting that can be changed, its an admin control. As a moderator I have not that power (mighty though I am ).
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