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Old 16th October 2011, 03:42 PM   #1
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Default Authenticity ID help - Chinese dao

Last night a dao popped up on eBay and I worked out a deal with the seller to "buy it now". Unfortunately, as soon as he had changed it, someone had bought it before I could hit the button and buy it myself. I was of course angry because I had worked out a deal and was... usurped? ousted?

But I will take this as a learning experience. This sword has certain things I found suspicious and I wanted to see if I wasn't the only one who saw these attributes...

Since the auction is over I can post pictures...

I think the brightness of the blade is a bit concerning as is the upside-down end of the sheath.
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Old 16th October 2011, 06:09 PM   #2
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Authenticity? well its a dao OK. In my opinion, I think extremely low mileage !
I had one that looked much like this once many years ago, acquired from a much fabled dealer of questionable character....had the same wire wrapped covering on the scabbard.Didnt keep it long. Sometimes we get lucky
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Old 16th October 2011, 07:12 PM   #3
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Lucky you. Now somebody else has a headache Although I'm not an expert on these things I see clearly the small problems.
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Old 16th October 2011, 11:34 PM   #4
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Default Nice clean piece

A nice clean old piece. I would suggest age as 1890-1930.
With regards to the scabbard tip, lets face it many who have these things don't know the first this about the ups and downs and lefts and rights...simply put on the wrong way as the 'glue' likely dried out and it fell off...I was emailed images of a very nice late Mamluk sabre and the throat fitting was upside down...don't know how they got the blade in but these things happen....I wouldn't let the blade brightness be a concern either, these things were made this way...it might even be in original polish in which case you'll see an inserted edge once in hand.
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Old 16th October 2011, 11:41 PM   #5
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If it is a good piece, then I really missed out.
And in that case, somebody definitely benefited from my bargaining.


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Old 17th October 2011, 02:42 AM   #6
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No good deed goes unpunished.
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