Beautiful Pendray knife as well as the price!!

Mare Rosu · 29th April 2007, 10:08 PM

Please do not drool on your computer!

ariel · 30th April 2007, 03:59 AM

Personally, I think is is garish.

Lew · 30th April 2007, 05:14 AM

The blade is nice but the furniture is complete fantasy as my mother use to say it's Ongepatcheket (Overdecorated, overdone)

Lew

ALEX · 30th April 2007, 08:57 AM

Also do not like these fittings. I've seen the similar, but old, filigree fittings on some old Middle Eastern, Albanian/Balkan daggers, but they never impressed me. Agree with Manolo - Woots looks much better in the "natural" fittings, i.e. bone and leather. Also, for THAT price one can get a fine antique wootz sword (or actually several nice and old swords and daggers). Excuse the comment about the price though, it is just my opinion !!!

ariel · 30th April 2007, 04:56 PM

Glad I am not alone!
The silverwok on this piece is the simplest and the cheapest Caucasian decoration technique. You can see similar examples on e-bay for $19.99 ( stamped blade included

) and the only difference is that the present one is silver. I was told that Georgian mass-producers of these souvenirs employ part-time youngsters ( kind of " flipping hamburgers"-type job) and those start producing commercial wares after 2-3 days of practice. This is fine for a $19.99 trinket, but I would never pay $8,500 for this " Fantasy Sword of Klingon General" !

Tim Simmons · 30th April 2007, 05:33 PM

You are not alone. I thought this was bad enough with pearls and enamel. I have to sing my own praises

. Rather expensive garnets

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Lew · 30th April 2007, 05:44 PM

That's my big gripe with the custom knife business today they make some nice stuff but they charge prices that are astronomical. I once showed a famous knife smith one of my wootz katars that I paid only $150-200 he said it was nice and if I wanted one made by him it would cost $2,000

So why buy a copy when you can have the real deal for much less

People just get caught up in the hype that's my opinion.

Lew

29th April 2007, 10:08 PM	#1
Mare Rosu Deceased Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA, DEEP SOUTH, GEORGIA, Y'all hear? Posts: 121	More pictures Please do not drool on your computer! Attached Images

30th April 2007, 05:14 AM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	The blade is nice but the furniture is complete fantasy as my mother use to say it's Ongepatcheket (Overdecorated, overdone) Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 30th April 2007 at 02:46 PM.

30th April 2007, 03:59 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Personally, I think is is garish.

30th April 2007, 08:57 AM	#4
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Also do not like these fittings. I've seen the similar, but old, filigree fittings on some old Middle Eastern, Albanian/Balkan daggers, but they never impressed me. Agree with Manolo - Woots looks much better in the "natural" fittings, i.e. bone and leather. Also, for THAT price one can get a fine antique wootz sword (or actually several nice and old swords and daggers). Excuse the comment about the price though, it is just my opinion !!!

30th April 2007, 04:56 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Glad I am not alone! The silverwok on this piece is the simplest and the cheapest Caucasian decoration technique. You can see similar examples on e-bay for $19.99 ( stamped blade included ) and the only difference is that the present one is silver. I was told that Georgian mass-producers of these souvenirs employ part-time youngsters ( kind of " flipping hamburgers"-type job) and those start producing commercial wares after 2-3 days of practice. This is fine for a $19.99 trinket, but I would never pay $8,500 for this " Fantasy Sword of Klingon General" !

30th April 2007, 05:33 PM	#6
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	You are not alone. I thought this was bad enough with pearls and enamel. I have to sing my own praises . Rather expensive garnets .

30th April 2007, 05:44 PM	#7
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	That's my big gripe with the custom knife business today they make some nice stuff but they charge prices that are astronomical. I once showed a famous knife smith one of my wootz katars that I paid only $150-200 he said it was nice and if I wanted one made by him it would cost $2,000 So why buy a copy when you can have the real deal for much less People just get caught up in the hype that's my opinion. Lew