30th June 2007, 05:44 PM | #1 |
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Chinese sword...Jian ? on Ebay
Followed this item, stated as 19th C but certainly looks 20thC. The blade does look to have quality, with lamination showing...certainly does not look acid etched. If I am correct I think it went relatively cheaply, and wouldn't have minded it in my collection.
I wondered what others thought. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6439&rd=1&rd=1 |
30th June 2007, 09:29 PM | #2 |
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Added some pics of the blade tried to enhance them alittle, best I can do with the small listing pictures....
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2nd July 2007, 04:53 PM | #3 |
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I would love to have an expert opinion on this one, but I am about 90% sure it is a fake. The fittings seem fanciful, and certainly do not match what I am used to. Also I do not see signs of heat treatment on the blade, which should be visible with this degree of polish.
I am quite suspicious. Josh |
2nd July 2007, 05:18 PM | #4 |
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Well I am 100% sure it is repro/fake. Why waste money on this sort of thing when you can get something real for the same price or less. How many times has this advice been said here.
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2nd July 2007, 05:48 PM | #5 |
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It Screams repro to me!
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2nd July 2007, 05:59 PM | #6 |
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Thanks, I was 100% sure, and even went so far as to warn the first bidder, but then as I looked more I became a bit less certain. There are so many aspects of Chinese swords that I do not know.
I am glad to have had my initial suspicion confirmed, and I am glad I gave a warning to at least one bidder. Josh |
2nd July 2007, 06:17 PM | #7 |
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There are a number of manufacturers (some in China, US etc) producing quality, functional Chinese swords with folded blades with heat treatment. Many of these quality repo's sell for $500- $1800, I thought it could be one of these examples. But there was something about the blade that worried me....and I couldn't put 'my finger on it'. Josh's comment on there being no signs of heat treatment ...made me realise 'that's why it didn't look right'.
http://www.angelsword.com/chinese/chinese_home.php I would like to have a few examples of Chinese swords in my collection....but with so many fakes etc. I had resided myself to the fact a quality functional repo. may have been the way to go |
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