Sword 12/13 century or not?

[serdar]

To get back to object of this thread, no one said this sword is authentic, that is a reason i didn't buy it because I'm not sure, but i will get all analyses done and if it shows it is authentic then i will buy it.

Opinion is one thing, but claiming something is a 100% fake without any prooves is completely another thing.

It isnt realy a hard to analyse sword and list data of metal, production method and age, and compare, sure it costs but it costs far less then to buy a fake, i learned my lesson with two fake swords i bought and presented on this forum.

By the story of current owner of this sword, it was excavated from mud from river of near town, i saw several swords excavated from that same river that are in a museum, and they are in excellent condition, so it wont be such problem to analyse and compare with those swords.

There are few red flags to me, ne damages, even surface, those two can be explained, but to me bigest is handle or better to say hilt pattina, it should be diferent and wood and lether should be partialy preserved in that perfect conditions, or shoud leave a trace, but it is all uniform pattina, who knows, analyse will tell.

One needs to be patient and listen to himselfe, his feeling, and offcourse check and analyse things, and be aware of "all knowing experts" that sell you their offcourse "original" swords....