Turkish Pala. Help with inscriptions.

ariel · 5th January 2016, 10:49 PM

These swords appear on e-bay regularly: from Beirut and from Turkey. They used to be advertised from Damascus, but I guess Syrian mail service had some problems recently.

Every part is "off": handle, blade, crossguard.

I am not going to elaborate: let the fakers guess what exactly is wrong with their junk.

arsendaday · 6th January 2016, 02:21 AM

Thanks everybody for your input. I guess I will just return it.

Just FYI this is a really good job for a fake sword. And the inlay is done pretty neat compared to Indian swords. If one can get these really cheap it would be OK to buy it.

6th January 2016, 02:21 AM	#2
arsendaday Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 44	Thanks Thanks everybody for your input. I guess I will just return it. Just FYI this is a really good job for a fake sword. And the inlay is done pretty neat compared to Indian swords. If one can get these really cheap it would be OK to buy it.

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5th January 2016, 10:49 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	These swords appear on e-bay regularly: from Beirut and from Turkey. They used to be advertised from Damascus, but I guess Syrian mail service had some problems recently. Every part is "off": handle, blade, crossguard. I am not going to elaborate: let the fakers guess what exactly is wrong with their junk.