Ethiopian 19th century Gurade

roanoa · 3rd February 2015, 01:13 AM

It's a SAD story. A while back I spotted two gorade with blades of a pattern that I do not have in my collection. GREAT swords. I was too late in contacting the dealer. The swords had already left for China. My request about the possibility of buying back JUST THE BLADES fell on deaf ears. It was obvious that the swords were sold at a very high price only because of the handles, which were, OF COURSE, made out of rhino horns. So, what is happening is that the GOOD QUALITY swords will continue to be butchered and lost to the collectors' world. Or come back as those horrible trinkets/tourist souvenirs abortions from Yemen. And YES, we all know that the powdered horn will NOT work.............

3rd February 2015, 01:13 AM	#7
roanoa Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 241	It's a SAD story. A while back I spotted two gorade with blades of a pattern that I do not have in my collection. GREAT swords. I was too late in contacting the dealer. The swords had already left for China. My request about the possibility of buying back JUST THE BLADES fell on deaf ears. It was obvious that the swords were sold at a very high price only because of the handles, which were, OF COURSE, made out of rhino horns. So, what is happening is that the GOOD QUALITY swords will continue to be butchered and lost to the collectors' world. Or come back as those horrible trinkets/tourist souvenirs abortions from Yemen. And YES, we all know that the powdered horn will NOT work.............