Do you think this is a genuine 1600 AD Knight's sword??

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Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi

Katana, you do realise that the inlay is gold, and gold doesnt react with time.

Man, I do not knwo what do you see, but to me it looks as some picasso wicca wannabe has painted thoose symbols recently. That is not gold inlaid. With that ammount of rust, the original gold inlad would be history by now.

Mark, thank you verry much for your verry interesting post!