Is this kilij real?
 

It ended on E-Bay for ~$1250. Advertised as "antique... with possibly real silver crossguard"
I have a very uneasy feeling about it:
1. Wooden handle with no signs of usage and with reddish traces of wood stain in the incisions
2. The crossguard is extremely crude: I haven't seen real Ottoman or Iranian ones of such poor quality
3. My main concern is with the blade: it is pitted and patinated, but the "golden" inscriptions on top of all that crud are perfectly intact.

Overall, it looks to me like a very modern Syrian creation.

Am I being paranoid?

Of course not real. It's being discussed here before. They started making them in Turkey circa early 21st Century:) Not a single part is antique here, nor gold or silver, not even "inlay" is real.

Made two days ago and antiqued yesterday

Here is old discussion LINK I posted here 7 years ago.
Judging by closing amount, some bidders lacking awareness took the word "antique" seriously.. not a case of a lucky winner here.

this has to be either form India or Syria, fake of course. In turkey I dont think make swords like these..there is no market for them with this type of calligraphy..in my opinion..

They make them in India. :cool:

Made in Syria prior to the revolution. The workshop supposedly moved to the Saudi Capital Riyadh. There is a great quantity of these in the Saudi antique market now.

Fake swords
 

These very cheaply produced Turkish Swords ??? were all made in Syria and the Turkish market was fıloded with the same.Initially going prices were 50 US dollars a piece but later such prices have risen to 000 s until the war break up in Syria.Some European Auction houses even put some of these in their catalogues whether knowingly or not as genuine.