Hungarian Sword... Naaah!

Norman McCormick · 18th March 2010, 10:12 PM

Hi,
The "used" appearance is somewhat at odds with the sellers "honest affirmation" that it is a replica? Caveat Emptor indeed!
Regards,
Norman.

katana · 19th March 2010, 03:03 PM

Whom ever 'antiqued' this sword made a few obvious mistakes

Redone Ariel's link

http://sbgswordforum.proboards.com/i...&page=1#242116

Regards David

Michael Blalock · 19th March 2010, 04:04 PM

Professional shill bidders at the end I think. The seller must have thought it was going to go too cheap and had his cronies bid it up. One of them, with a rating of zero has bid on 84 items in the last 30 days.

kronckew · 19th March 2010, 08:24 PM

i have one of those replicas, bought it just before the sword ban on new curved swords over a half metre went into effect (i panicked). was looking for a replica 1796 LC sabre, but couldn't find one in stock...

actually a fairly well made sword. nice decorator. as noted in the linked review above it's a bit blade heavy.
brass castings on mine were fairly well finished, leather work well done. no cracks noted. blade unsharpened. decorations in fuller laser cut.

i thought it was worth what i paid for it. (roughly the same as in the linked article above, converted to UK £'s)

the ebay one seems to have been fairly well distressed in a fairly crude attempt to antique it. it's been rode hard and put away wet...

i'm glad to see that one in such poor condition is worth so much, mine must be worth at least double that

Dmitry · 22nd April 2010, 12:10 AM

An acquaintance bought a rapier from this dealer 2 months ago, and the dealer all but disappeared upon receiving the money. So did the rapier.
Caveat emptor!

19th March 2010, 08:24 PM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	i have one of those replicas, bought it just before the sword ban on new curved swords over a half metre went into effect (i panicked). was looking for a replica 1796 LC sabre, but couldn't find one in stock... actually a fairly well made sword. nice decorator. as noted in the linked review above it's a bit blade heavy. brass castings on mine were fairly well finished, leather work well done. no cracks noted. blade unsharpened. decorations in fuller laser cut. i thought it was worth what i paid for it. (roughly the same as in the linked article above, converted to UK £'s) the ebay one seems to have been fairly well distressed in a fairly crude attempt to antique it. it's been rode hard and put away wet... i'm glad to see that one in such poor condition is worth so much, mine must be worth at least double that Last edited by kronckew; 19th March 2010 at 08:36 PM.

18th March 2010, 10:12 PM	#1
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	Hi, The "used" appearance is somewhat at odds with the sellers "honest affirmation" that it is a replica? Caveat Emptor indeed! Regards, Norman.

19th March 2010, 03:03 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Whom ever 'antiqued' this sword made a few obvious mistakes Redone Ariel's link http://sbgswordforum.proboards.com/i...&page=1#242116 Regards David Last edited by katana; 19th March 2010 at 05:28 PM.

19th March 2010, 04:04 PM	#3
Michael Blalock Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: dc Posts: 271	Professional shill bidders at the end I think. The seller must have thought it was going to go too cheap and had his cronies bid it up. One of them, with a rating of zero has bid on 84 items in the last 30 days.

22nd April 2010, 12:10 AM	#5
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	An acquaintance bought a rapier from this dealer 2 months ago, and the dealer all but disappeared upon receiving the money. So did the rapier. Caveat emptor!