New member with a sword for review

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Kubur

The scabbard is a pure and original Persian scabbard (leather and mounts)
I have some doubts for the sword, the general style is Ottoman/Turkish.
But something is wrong with the inscriptions & the grip (regular horn)...

Hello Kubur,

The shape and style of the blade is of a Persian Shamshir, including the poorly immitated "Assad Allah" cartouche.

However, the blade doesn't appear to be wootz but pattern welded, and in my oppinion definitely not in Turkish or even ancient Indian style. It appears to be very poor quality pattern welded damascus.

So I suspect that it is a new sword deliberately abused to make it look old and antique. In other words a fake. A very poor quality fake...

But I generally am rather paranoid about fakes.