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9th December 2008, 04:43 PM
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Ed, you're being mischievous. Santa isn't bringing you that aged Chivas Regal you asked him for, nor the 09' Jag...
I spent a few minutes searching the net for Lithuanian blades to no effect (yes, there's a place called Taurag in Lithuania). So I thought, what do you know? It's european after all ! Then I went back to your post, and I found the Tuareg ref... What can I say,. Got me! : ) Let's raise the stakes. I'm throwing you guys this tasty morsel.     Best  Manuel |
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9th December 2008, 08:09 PM
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Victorian re-hilted German 16th c. blade?
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9th December 2008, 08:15 PM
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....possibly a 1580 Rapier....British
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9th December 2008, 08:33 PM
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Cheater
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9th December 2008, 10:08 PM
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The Taurag Trap has been avenged!
No, seriously, you guys think it truly can be late 16th C.? It's gorgeous, I salivate everytime I hold it.... |
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9th December 2008, 10:32 PM
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9th December 2008, 11:38 PM
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ditto
Last edited by celtan; 10th December 2008 at 01:49 PM. |
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10th December 2008, 12:03 AM
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To continue with my rampant guesswork and speculation, I guess the blade could be the real deal, but that hilt looks fishy. Maybe not the oddest I've seen, but nothing I'd dare stamp as authentic on my own.
And while manufacturing dates aren't contagious, the fact that it seems to be in the same batch as the Executioner's Sword and the Bastard isn't exactly a good sign. |
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10th December 2008, 12:15 AM
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Frankly, and I mean this in a constructive way, the hilt looks like it belonged to a bouncer in a bordello. An old bordello perhaps, but a bordello nonetheless.
Really.
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10th December 2008, 12:24 AM
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Or as Mr Sherlock Holmes has said..."“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact..." Who's to say the label on the sword is correct though....  Kind Regards David |
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10th December 2008, 03:20 AM
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Not my area but waht is the weight on this rapier like?
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10th December 2008, 09:05 AM
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The blade *could* be genuine 16th - 17th c., but better pictures (short of direct inspection) would be needed. For the hilt, my bets go to "modern" (19th-early 20th c.) on stylistic, decorative and construction grounds (I agree with Ed in that there's a certain degree of... "pimp-ness"... in it
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