Identify a sword

[ariel]

Gonzoadler:
It looks suspiciously like a very recent Georgian tourist thingie.
The blade is local, new. The decoration ( filigree) is very popular there these days: it is one of the most "showy-est" and by far the simplest and cheapest method. I was told by the locals that the owners of the " for-tourists" workshops hire girls just out of school for their first paying job, train them for a day or two and then they start producing filigree decorations in a storm.

[kronckew]

Yes, When I started collecting, I 'won' this beautiful sashqua at auction. It's of course a tourist nasty and lives in my Oops corner. The dark greenish black infill was still sticky when I received it.

[Battara]

Kronckew, that green stuff might be years of a patina residue that builds up thickly from the oxidation of the copper in the nickel-silver/German silver construction.

[ariel]

Jose,
Between this sword’s B’day and its transition to Kronk’s Oops corner there were not enough days (not years! ) to form a patina layer thicker than a single atom:-)
Kronk, buddy, I feel your pain. We have all been there:-((((

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by ariel

Kronk, buddy, I feel your pain. We have all been there:-((((

Indeed!

[Battara]

Ah.........I see your point!

[redlazzytrasher]

Thanks for all the comments