brief notes on a 16th century sword

mariusgmioc · 21st November 2016, 10:43 AM

I am definitely not a specialist in the field and I am rather paranoid by nature... so for me this looks like ta typical 19century "Historismus" sword.

The mere fact that it came from an old and respected collection, doesn't make it necessarily genuine. I have seen other examles where otherwise reputed myuseums were dead wrong about the age of some of the items in their collections.

PS: See for example posting #20 in the thread below:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=chicago

21st November 2016, 10:43 AM	#6
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,903	I am definitely not a specialist in the field and I am rather paranoid by nature... so for me this looks like ta typical 19century "Historismus" sword. The mere fact that it came from an old and respected collection, doesn't make it necessarily genuine. I have seen other examles where otherwise reputed myuseums were dead wrong about the age of some of the items in their collections. PS: See for example posting #20 in the thread below: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=chicago Last edited by mariusgmioc; 21st November 2016 at 10:54 AM.