[TheForge] Interesting Sword on ebay

[Michael H. Murphy]

I tend to go with the "You get what you pay for" philosophy.  It doesn't
always work, but without actually examining one of these, I wouldn't buy it.

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Ayen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:27 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Interesting Sword on ebay
> 
> Quoth Connsmith722 at aol.com (Connsmith722 at aol.com):
> > I'll make a guess.... Pakistan? India?
> >
> >
> >               Ted Jones
> 
> Close, China. Claims to be hand-forged D2, katana type,
> etched-on hamon, habaki with visible gaps, tsuba looks
> cast, can't say about the quality. For the ~$90, could
> be a decent practice sword, but without seeing the
> length of the tang it's hard to say.
> 
> --doug
> 
> 
> 
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