Chinese sword...Jian ? on Ebay

josh stout · 2nd July 2007, 05:59 PM

Thanks, I was 100% sure, and even went so far as to warn the first bidder, but then as I looked more I became a bit less certain. There are so many aspects of Chinese swords that I do not know.

I am glad to have had my initial suspicion confirmed, and I am glad I gave a warning to at least one bidder.
Josh

katana · 2nd July 2007, 06:17 PM

There are a number of manufacturers (some in China, US etc) producing quality, functional Chinese swords with folded blades with heat treatment. Many of these quality repo's sell for $500- $1800, I thought it could be one of these examples. But there was something about the blade that worried me....and I couldn't put 'my finger on it'. Josh's comment on there being no signs of heat treatment ...made me realise 'that's why it didn't look right'.

http://www.angelsword.com/chinese/chinese_home.php

I would like to have a few examples of Chinese swords in my collection....but with so many fakes etc. I had resided myself to the fact a quality functional repo. may have been the way to go

2nd July 2007, 05:59 PM	#1
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	Thanks, I was 100% sure, and even went so far as to warn the first bidder, but then as I looked more I became a bit less certain. There are so many aspects of Chinese swords that I do not know. I am glad to have had my initial suspicion confirmed, and I am glad I gave a warning to at least one bidder. Josh

2nd July 2007, 06:17 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	There are a number of manufacturers (some in China, US etc) producing quality, functional Chinese swords with folded blades with heat treatment. Many of these quality repo's sell for $500- $1800, I thought it could be one of these examples. But there was something about the blade that worried me....and I couldn't put 'my finger on it'. Josh's comment on there being no signs of heat treatment ...made me realise 'that's why it didn't look right'. http://www.angelsword.com/chinese/chinese_home.php I would like to have a few examples of Chinese swords in my collection....but with so many fakes etc. I had resided myself to the fact a quality functional repo. may have been the way to go