A Hand and a Half

Ed · 10th September 2025, 02:39 PM

Thats it. I wonder what the issue was?

Lee · 10th September 2025, 02:48 PM

I wonder if some features seemed possibly asynchronous to the cataloger at the time, then logic was to better call it composite to be on the safe side if someone later had doubts. When and if it turns out to all be contemporaneous on further study, then the buyer will not likely be unhappy.

Ed · 10th September 2025, 03:28 PM

Thats what I figured.

ulfberth · 11th September 2025, 09:08 AM

Hi Ed,
during that period, you'll see the same thing with good pieces at that auction, where specific knowledge is required, this went on for years.
However, items described as "composite" were never specified as to which part was actually composite. In some cases, you could see that the leather on the grip had been replaced.
Almost all the pieces were simply "good" not only that, it also happened a few times that good pieces were described as 19th-century.
This can still be verified using online catalogs.

serdar · 24th September 2025, 09:09 PM

Beautiful sword, great taste! Congratulation! 😃👍🏻

Jim McDougall · 27th September 2025, 06:04 PM

Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many weapons have remained quietly in solitude without attention for years, then brought out. Seeing them through new far more educated eyes, and into discussion, we discover we have held sleeping giants!

A true ANDREA FERARA blade !!! The rarity is legendary.
Note the arcs with triple dots at the ends....the famed 'sickle' marks in their infancy without dentation.

The discussions concurrent on the authenticity and quality of character in arms circulating through the community seem compelling as we see that not all weapons that become 'suspect' are less than they seem. ...diamonds in the rough they are, true sleeper treasures.
This is resoundingly one of them!!!

Thank you so much Ed for sharing it here, and letting us see a TRUE Andrea Ferrara!

Ed · 4th October 2025, 10:48 PM

But surely the "logo" was widely copied. No?

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10th September 2025, 02:39 PM	#1
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 284	Thats it. I wonder what the issue was?

10th September 2025, 02:48 PM	#2
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 967	I wonder if some features seemed possibly asynchronous to the cataloger at the time, then logic was to better call it composite to be on the safe side if someone later had doubts. When and if it turns out to all be contemporaneous on further study, then the buyer will not likely be unhappy.

10th September 2025, 03:28 PM	#3
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 284	Thats what I figured.

11th September 2025, 09:08 AM	#4
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 439	Hi Ed, during that period, you'll see the same thing with good pieces at that auction, where specific knowledge is required, this went on for years. However, items described as "composite" were never specified as to which part was actually composite. In some cases, you could see that the leather on the grip had been replaced. Almost all the pieces were simply "good" not only that, it also happened a few times that good pieces were described as 19th-century. This can still be verified using online catalogs.

24th September 2025, 09:09 PM	#5
serdar Member Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 190	Beautiful sword, great taste! Congratulation! 😃👍🏻

27th September 2025, 06:04 PM	#6
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,657	Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many weapons have remained quietly in solitude without attention for years, then brought out. Seeing them through new far more educated eyes, and into discussion, we discover we have held sleeping giants! A true ANDREA FERARA blade !!! The rarity is legendary. Note the arcs with triple dots at the ends....the famed 'sickle' marks in their infancy without dentation. The discussions concurrent on the authenticity and quality of character in arms circulating through the community seem compelling as we see that not all weapons that become 'suspect' are less than they seem. ...diamonds in the rough they are, true sleeper treasures. This is resoundingly one of them!!! Thank you so much Ed for sharing it here, and letting us see a TRUE Andrea Ferrara!

4th October 2025, 10:48 PM	#7
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 284	But surely the "logo" was widely copied. No?