Luristan Sword

[ariel]

Originally Posted by Rivkin

?????

Never been a problem, afaik. There are like 3 types of fakes, all of them primitive, all of them appear in large numbers, and 99.99% of them goes under 250$.

The Luristani swords are:
1.Primitive ( well, they are 3000 years old, aren't they?)
2. Plentiful
3. Cost in excess of $1000.
Two out of three is not bad, but the question is not answered: what proportion of them are fakes?
I just can not imagine that one can easily buy a 3,000 year-old sword with no effort whatsoever. How many 1,000 year-old Japanese swords can one find outside the Imperial collection? How often do we see a real Crusade-era European sword for sale? Early Islamic? Hun? Mongolian? Pre-Mughal Indian?These were all highly militaristic societies but their plethora of weapons seemed to have vanished from the market just over several centuries.
Why are Luristani swords so easily available (money question aside)?

[Jens Nordlunde]

Well, I am afraid Ariel is right, there are an enormous amount of Luristan fakes circulating. Already about thirty to fourty years ago the amount was big, both as amount but also as a problem for the collectors, so imagine what it must be now, and unfortunately the fakers have learned, over the years, to make the fakes better and better.

[Rivkin]

Originally Posted by ariel

The Luristani swords are:
1.Primitive ( well, they are 3000 years old, aren't they?)
2. Plentiful

I've meant japanese fakes have never been a problem due to the poor quality and mass production... Luristan swords - I thought that all "ancient" bronze is easily faked.

[Jens Nordlunde]

Yes Rivkin, I am afraid you are right, but the experts to prove it, are not easy to find.