Chinese sword: Real or Fake?

chris · 22nd August 2005, 09:14 AM

hello
I am new to the site.
I colect weapons and particularly those from china, vietnam,...
for a little time
happy china is a strange ebay dealer : 100% of is japanese blades are fake, ther is no doubt about it. he also makes DIY on old original blades. recently his fees have raised to a previously unknown level of price
he also use of anothe ID that I don't remember yet
I have bought several weapons from him, all of chinese origin. one appeared to be a fake. another went through a ridiculous improvement (a hook was added to a real blade). otherwise 8 out of 10 of the sword I bought from him where real one
he know few if any on weapons he sell. I made my "improved" sword restored by a traditional smith specialised in sword near my house and a light etching revealed a laminated pattern ! for 45$, that's an acceptable deal !!!!
well, regarding what I see from that blade, despite the recent "improvement" I would bet one of my sword that the blade is a real one !
(I should add that I went several time in china and went through all shanghai in flee market, hence knowing what chinese are able to do or not)
chris

22nd August 2005, 09:14 AM	#14
chris Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: france Posts: 2	hello I am new to the site. I colect weapons and particularly those from china, vietnam,... for a little time happy china is a strange ebay dealer : 100% of is japanese blades are fake, ther is no doubt about it. he also makes DIY on old original blades. recently his fees have raised to a previously unknown level of price he also use of anothe ID that I don't remember yet I have bought several weapons from him, all of chinese origin. one appeared to be a fake. another went through a ridiculous improvement (a hook was added to a real blade). otherwise 8 out of 10 of the sword I bought from him where real one he know few if any on weapons he sell. I made my "improved" sword restored by a traditional smith specialised in sword near my house and a light etching revealed a laminated pattern ! for 45$, that's an acceptable deal !!!! well, regarding what I see from that blade, despite the recent "improvement" I would bet one of my sword that the blade is a real one ! (I should add that I went several time in china and went through all shanghai in flee market, hence knowing what chinese are able to do or not) chris