"Arabian" sword with strange handle. Opinions?

Atlantia · 5th November 2009, 07:02 PM

Looks like mid 20th century souvenier/tourist stuff thats been roughly sharpened and treated like carp.
Really can't understand why its achieved such a price. Blade looks like a rough piece of shaped steel plate. Look at the thickness at the hilt. Pictures 9-10 show close-ups of the balde and what seem to be the remains of semi-circular grinder marks rusted in.
I guess I'm in a minority though, as it made the kind of money that would buy a fairly good weapon, so others think its 'legit'.

5th November 2009, 07:02 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Looks like mid 20th century souvenier/tourist stuff thats been roughly sharpened and treated like carp. Really can't understand why its achieved such a price. Blade looks like a rough piece of shaped steel plate. Look at the thickness at the hilt. Pictures 9-10 show close-ups of the balde and what seem to be the remains of semi-circular grinder marks rusted in. I guess I'm in a minority though, as it made the kind of money that would buy a fairly good weapon, so others think its 'legit'.