Posts: 186 Location: NYC
Tue 26 Apr, 2016 6:47 pm
What are these swords??
Posts: 1,085 Location: Finland
Wed 27 Apr, 2016 12:20 am
Souvenirs.
The Latin etching says "Katana. Sword used by samurai forces. Made by Christian Macchiavello, Santa Fe, Argentina." :)
You can find similar swords by the same maker on Mercado Libre.
Posts: 186 Location: NYC
Wed 27 Apr, 2016 8:14 am
Thank you!!
Right!!? I knew it. Plus who
Rivers a handle to a blade.
Thank you very much
Posts: 578 Location: Georgia
Wed 27 Apr, 2016 9:08 am
Re: Thank you!!
Lance Morris wrote: |
Right!!? I knew it. Plus who
Rivers a handle to a blade.
Thank you very much |
Not that uncommon actually, though it's mostly only seen in Indian work. Those guys loved to take European sword blades and modify them for their own use.
You can also see it in the very earliest Bronze Age blades.
While these are tourist claptrap, they do represent a certain historic cachet, and if cleaned up could still make an unique display. There's a certain artistic feel to the grips that I rather like.
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