As Komo has said, if you go to any renaissance festival, there will be loads of stalls selling knives like this. And like this one, many are made...
I think, but don't quote ne on this, but I think this type of material was called 'Pearloid'.
Modern copy I am afraid. The family mon is a stylised version of the Tokugawa family mon, they were Shogun's from 1600 - 1868.
I would think perhaps 1880's. But, I found this online and they reckon early 20th century (?)....
I have seen similar, and even repaired a couple, but those that I have handled were in fact made of spelter, which is a zinc-lead alloy usually...
Maybe the seller was pleased to get shot of it........................ Sorry, couldn't resist it......................you can't keep me...
The Royal Armouries also have a section on forgeries. There were a few unscrupulous dealers in the 19th century, who catered for the growing...
Without wishing to in anyway detract from Komokwa's excellent post, I personally use FastStone photo resizer. Speaking as someone who cannot even...
As a wreck enthusiast, if it is the same RMS Niagara, then it is a fascinating story indeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Niagara
Though J was often represented by an I, I wonder if in this case it is simply a mistake? U V W X Y and Z in the lower case section are all much...
I had looked at this yesterday, and refrained from adding my worthless 2 cents to the thread, but since Komo has tagged me......... My thinking...
Looks Chinese to me, possibly a paper lantern, with the bamboo handle added to give it that oriental look. Perhaps an early 20th century tourist...
Lovely piece indeed! Well done. Admittedly my Japanese is a bit rusty these days to say the least, but I would have said it read Mitsumoto, not...
We do?? Not likely, now a nice bit of Puccini, Verdi or Wagner, now you're talking !!:woot:
I am sorry that you missed out on the others, what a pain in the a**. That said, as a book collector myself, in my case, arms & armour books, I am...
Don't know about mees in Dutch, but in Norwegian 'meis' means tit, as in blue tit, coal tit, great tit etc. As for the mask being from Nepal,...
There is also a small usually round, sliding toggle called Ojime, that held the cord tight and closed against the inro. Netsuke on the top, ojime...
Ok, I'll reposte with this...... I would think that this piece is perhaps 50 years old, but that is about it I am afraid.
When I was in ireland, I heard a variation on this joke, about a rich American tourist who bought the skull of Brian Boru (ancient king of...
If you get stabbed with that, blood poisioning is probably not high on your list of priorities! :rolleyes::smuggrin: Actually, many of the latin...
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