Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Firangi ? recently sold on eBay....with holes drilled into blade!!!

Tim Simmons · 26th April 2007, 08:13 PM

It seems odd to me that a nice well made and decorated handle is with such a poorly finished and what appears to be a fairly low or basic quality blade. Maybe the handle is off an older nice weapon. I am going to be really mean and suggest that this could be a 19th cent souvenir wall piece. This type and style of work was used for a lot of early souvenirs. I could be horribly wrong

but it does raise an eyebrow at that price.

26th April 2007, 08:13 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	It seems odd to me that a nice well made and decorated handle is with such a poorly finished and what appears to be a fairly low or basic quality blade. Maybe the handle is off an older nice weapon. I am going to be really mean and suggest that this could be a 19th cent souvenir wall piece. This type and style of work was used for a lot of early souvenirs. I could be horribly wrong but it does raise an eyebrow at that price.