it is upside down, not sideways, and it is a slightly badly written kotobuki.
Whilst I agree with Frank_138 regarding the lack of incentive to fake these, that is in itself no reason not to be suspicious. I have even seen...
Some surgeons have gone back to using obsidian instead of scalpels I believe, as they have a much finer cutting edge! To answer the original...
I have heard that a good starting point is to see if it is magnetic. Many copies are made of a look alike alloy that isn't magnetic. Another...
Indeed I am still around!;) BTW. I, and a few similarly minded friends on another forum, have all tried to contact the sword forum, and not one...
A modern cast aluminium copy, probably a copy of a copy of a copy by the looks of it, of a parade burgonet in the mid 16th century style of Lucio...
I would say that this is a theatrical sword. Probably not very old, except for the blade, which is an original, probably military blade, cut down...
During, and after the Meiji period, the Tokugawa mon was used on lots of items intended for the European market, so unfortunately this is no...
A collector of long standing told me some years back, that if you can chip the decal with your thumb nail, don't touch it. Evidently the real...
Sadly all too true. :(
As mentioned above, be careful. I see a lot of 'Viking' artefacts around for sale these days, many of them are quite obviously only a few years...
Quite. This one is 23.5" long! [ATTACH] A Spanish navaja.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to say with North African stuff. If that is what it is!? That said, folding knives were not that common in...
I am still thinking Spanish or perhaps Moroccan.
The pictures are not much better, but it appears that it is for a 'pocket' knife? Sorry, I have no credible ideas.:(
As has been mentioned, better pictures and pictures of the whole scabbard would greatly help. That said, from what I can see, I would be perhaps...
Back flap hinges, but what differentiates these from modern ones is the five hole arrangement for the screws. Modern ones only have three screw...
Oops, sorry about that, I assumed you meant the other side of the pond! My bad.:shy: No, I am not an ECW reenactor, but I am extremely interested...
I'm afraid not, wrong side of the pond! However, I am getting a very unhealthy ( for my bank balance that is! :hungry::nailbiting:) interest in...
I was just passing and saw this old thread, so just thought I'd chip in. British pattern 1895 for the Martini-Enfield, converted from a British...
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