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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BTZ64, post: 1542571, member: 12715&quot;]Hi Devilish.....First of all ,Thanks a lot for your clear responses and details regarding my &quot;Skinny VOC 1763 Sword&quot;I have been reading and understanding your points which are absolutely genuine and founded....But I will say that you forgot one thing on the Dutch VOC Trade 17th/18th Cent History on their route to the East....In the end of 18th cent Brits and French were fighting through India &quot; Trade and Military Strategy with Comptoirs&quot; where England had very quick overall Monopole....But in the meantime The Dutch...Less aggressive in War..Were building a Route Connection in order to bring back to Europe (Nederland/Holland) A new Trading Business based on some unknown items product in Europe..As Chinese mode of pottery making ...(Call Delft after having Understood the way of making..)/Spices/Wooden Essences.Tea..Etc....The Rough 17th cent&nbsp; &quot;Religious mode of obliging Christianism laws in those country&quot;had been done already by the Portuguese trough out all of those countries.... But ....On your statement..You don&#039;t mention at all The Dutch Colonizing Period in Ceylon..(Today Sri lanka...)..It is Major..And Colombo..Galle..and other sea harbours were&nbsp; stategic trading Comptoirs protected by the north east bay regions for routing to Indonesia and far East .., China and Japan were doing their own manufacturing (D&#039;avant garde secrets of Porcelaine and other mode of Pottery....)Which have been returned and copied only by the Dutch first in Europe...So Bottom line of my long message...Yes my skinny old rusty..VOC sword is &quot;Authentic and d&#039;epoque...I Will (if you want..I hope..?)forward and inform you why ...with very interesting facts..But would like and insist to be connected and communicating with You to learn more from you and to share as well with me plenty interesting anecdote and facts regarding this subjects.... That has been so important in the 17th century....That the Dutch were the first in South Asia as there were the first in US....</p><p>Hope you understood my english ..Passion and interest. JB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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