Posts: 1,757 Location: Storvreta, Sweden
Tue 31 Aug, 2010 12:14 pm
I doubt you can talk about specific Celtic swords from the 3rd C AD in Croatia.
The patina on the sword is suspect: it is gritty and red and still very superficial: such rust looks new. It is still eating away on the surface, but has not yet done any deep damage, nor has it transformed into thicker layers or deeper colors. You would expect the patina to be of a deep black, purple or perhaps dark brown with or without areas of deep pitting and flaking.
The grip is very suspect: it is made by a rather lazily twisted iron wire. This is not in line with any celtic sword I have ever seen.
The guard and pommel is not of a shape otherwise seen on celtic swords.
The blade is of a form that is not seen on celtic swords.
The strange
shield shaped device below the guard does not look like anything you see inlayed on the blades of celtic swords, or any kind of scabbard mount used for celtic swords.
Overall the sword has an immature and rather clumsy design. It looks like a theatrical prop or something made to flicker by in a low budget film.