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Originally Posted by asomotif
Dear Lew,
A recent copy of this quality seems not likely to me.
Asomotif
By recent I mean the last 20 yrs or so. I just can't get by that new shellac look on the scabbard and the ultra new/clean red fabric with the pure white stitching it's screaming newly made at me. I usually have a good eye for detail when it comes to these things. It could be a marriage between an older hilt mid 20th century blade and a newly made scabbard  
Lew |
We should beware only see mandaus with a nice dark patina as really old only.
I have seen some museum collections which contains tribal art pieces with provenance that looks brand new made but where 100 years old!
Arjan.