have a look at this real 13th to 14th century sword found on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...egory=1552

I'm not sure about that one. Swords from anonymous British collections and of Eastern European origin are a bit dodgy in my eyes. Could be real, but the seller has had some dubious stuff for sale before. What I find curious about this sword is the poor fit of the guard - most originals I've seen and/or handled have displayed a much tighter fit. I wouldn't bid on that sword unless I had had the opportunity to handle it first.

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Isn't orange rust ussually the active kind?

the kind that might result from a sword being artifically aged, or from exceedingly poor care?

I don't think that the sword would have lasted 600-700 years with that kind of maintence.

josh

Well, the seller says that the sword hasn't been preserved, and that it was found "decades" ago, so the active rust might be a result of storing in humid conditions. It could be artifically aged modern repro made in Eastern Europe a couple of years ago just as well. Hard to tell.

Total fake, this EFTIS person/group has sold a huge amount of fake swords for tens of thousands of dollars and no matter how many times we report them, ebay does nothing. I havent pinpointed what brand this sword is but Im actually thinking it may be a Del Tin, they also sold a fake gladius recently for a considerable amount of money.

Justin