Kilij on e-bay

ariel · 9th January 2005, 08:20 PM

Please check
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

It has ended on e-bay and we are legally free to discuss it.
It is a beautiful Tegha, a wide and heavy version of Tulwar, with a big Yelman and profuse Islamic writings on the blade. Looks spectacular!
However...
I am looking at it and feel somewhat uncomfortable: it is way too pristine, with nary a nick on the edge and with an astonishingly intact handle: not a scratch, not a speckle of lost or damaged decoration, not a trace of deformity. The blade appears to wear a brownish "patina" but it looks like a superficial layer of a dried-out dirty lubricant.
You get my drift: who is willing to stick his neck out and vouch for this sword to be old and original instead of modern replica? Are there any reliable signs to distinguish a real stuff from a "Made in India" replica besides one's gut feeling?

9th January 2005, 08:20 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Kilij on e-bay Please check http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW It has ended on e-bay and we are legally free to discuss it. It is a beautiful Tegha, a wide and heavy version of Tulwar, with a big Yelman and profuse Islamic writings on the blade. Looks spectacular! However... I am looking at it and feel somewhat uncomfortable: it is way too pristine, with nary a nick on the edge and with an astonishingly intact handle: not a scratch, not a speckle of lost or damaged decoration, not a trace of deformity. The blade appears to wear a brownish "patina" but it looks like a superficial layer of a dried-out dirty lubricant. You get my drift: who is willing to stick his neck out and vouch for this sword to be old and original instead of modern replica? Are there any reliable signs to distinguish a real stuff from a "Made in India" replica besides one's gut feeling?