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30th December 2006, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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A new generation of fakes
We all see these "Russian" swords coming from China on e-bay. The markings are ridiculous.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0772&rd=1&rd=1 This one ( just ended) is a somewhat different beast: the markings are still full of errors, strange symbols, misspellings etc. However, the Zlatoust stamp is much closer to the original. It is a fake, no doubt, but the level of sophistication is improving markedly. Caveat emptor!!! |
30th December 2006, 06:31 PM | #2 |
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Chinese fakes
I wish Ebay would stop accepting listings from China. It certainly would condense the listing pages.
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30th December 2006, 07:52 PM | #3 | |
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30th December 2006, 08:23 PM | #4 |
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Interesting that it is coming from a vender in UK. Guess once these escape from China, they get around.
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30th December 2006, 08:31 PM | #5 |
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Probably we can soon expect some "nice" indo-persian fakes while I have seen Chinese dealers buying books on indo persian arms and armor .... as well as some daggers and swords...
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31st December 2006, 12:33 AM | #6 |
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If you want to buy a Russian sword on e-bay and have doubts, please feel free to send me or Rivkin a PM: we will be glad to help.
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30th December 2006, 06:35 PM | #9 |
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Ariel, i know nothing of these things, but i see it and first i think "seems good", but what make me think is that always they are too much complete (i mean also the bayonet). Anyway for those like me that are completly ignorant these things are very dangerous!! Thanks
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