A Hand and a Half

Jim McDougall · 27th September 2025, 07:04 PM

Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many weapons have remained quietly in solitude without attention for years, then brought out. Seeing them through new far more educated eyes, and into discussion, we discover we have held sleeping giants!

A true ANDREA FERARA blade !!! The rarity is legendary.
Note the arcs with triple dots at the ends....the famed 'sickle' marks in their infancy without dentation.

The discussions concurrent on the authenticity and quality of character in arms circulating through the community seem compelling as we see that not all weapons that become 'suspect' are less than they seem. ...diamonds in the rough they are, true sleeper treasures.
This is resoundingly one of them!!!

Thank you so much Ed for sharing it here, and letting us see a TRUE Andrea Ferrara!

27th September 2025, 07:04 PM	#23
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,680	Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many weapons have remained quietly in solitude without attention for years, then brought out. Seeing them through new far more educated eyes, and into discussion, we discover we have held sleeping giants! A true ANDREA FERARA blade !!! The rarity is legendary. Note the arcs with triple dots at the ends....the famed 'sickle' marks in their infancy without dentation. The discussions concurrent on the authenticity and quality of character in arms circulating through the community seem compelling as we see that not all weapons that become 'suspect' are less than they seem. ...diamonds in the rough they are, true sleeper treasures. This is resoundingly one of them!!! Thank you so much Ed for sharing it here, and letting us see a TRUE Andrea Ferrara!