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Post by the_antposse on Jan 10, 2012 13:38:46 GMT
Greeting All!
I have looked at many blades with that mark and they all seem to be stainless steel...is that true? Thanks! CW.
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Post by Elheru Aran on Jan 10, 2012 14:20:13 GMT
The great majority of modern 'Toledo' swords are wall-hangers, yes. Actual Toledo-made functional blades are pretty much all antiques nowadays. For some reason the whole 'made in Toledo' reputation has hung around a little bit but the whole stink of wall-hangers taints it a good bit...
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Jan 10, 2012 18:43:06 GMT
So true... My wife has a co-worker in the Navy, and her co-worker is married to a former Marine from Spain. He saw my sword collection and said 'Do you have any swords from Toledo?' to which I said 'Uh, no.' and he starts in with the 'A shame. All of the best swords come from Toledo you know...' :roll: I started to explain to him that once upon a time the region was famous for quality swords... but now they are famous only for stainless steel SLO tourist trap pieces of trash. Alas... he would not listen. 
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Post by the_antposse on Jan 10, 2012 19:45:34 GMT
Thanks guy's!
Yeah Shadow...being an old ex jarhead myself I know what you mean. It seems that some marines, once they make they're mind up about something, have to have a road map back to reality. So the blades I have looked at are mostly on ebay and are supposed to be antiques....uh huh...and the old ones don't have "stainless" stamped on them so I guess I need a reference to good book that I can read up on. I'm really getting into the antique sword thing. I am learning how not to bid against the big guns on ebay by jotting down their suedo names on ebay such as "a***a" for an example, I don't know that anyone has that one on ebay, but I've been hammered a couple of times before I caught on and I hate to drive the price up for them when I can't outbid them anyway. Anyway a good reference to a book would be most helpful...Thank you! CW.
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Jan 10, 2012 20:02:43 GMT
I love our Marines... I hated them for a long time since I took the worst beating of my life from a pack of 3 marines when I was young... but later I got to know some other Marines and stopped judging em all by the actions of a few. Besides... I was looking for a fight that night... just not with 3 of em. :lol:
Not sure Marines from Spain or other countries have quite the same culture as ours do.
As to Ebay and antiques... I would warn against that. Its HARD to judge something as a true antique or not from a few pics and a sellers inscription... and when it comes to sellers like that on Ebay its a minefield. 99% of em are rip off artists... and unless you really know your stuff its to easy to get screwed.
As a side job I used to buy cars off Ebay, fly out pick em up, drive em back home and re=sell em. It was VERY tricky work... so I stuck to makes and models I knew very well... which since i worked for a dealership group meant models that we sold and i dealt with day to day. I wouldn't mess with antique swords on Ebay because I'm not educated enough to judge the fakes.
Be careful brother.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jan 10, 2012 22:09:01 GMT
If it says Toledo - "dated", and it's prior to WWI I'd be comfortable with it being a carbon steel blade and a decent repro.
If it just says Toledo with not date, pass on it. Got embroiled on ebay in a fight for a beautiful replica of a 1783 Carlos III broadsword. Sold for $800.00. ( Bid closed while I was at work, dang it! )
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Post by I Frammenti Di Fede on Jan 10, 2012 22:17:45 GMT
I can't begin to count the number of times I've lost antiques on ebay, damn snipers!
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Jan 11, 2012 0:58:13 GMT
I resemble that remark... I learned a long time ago, spending 10k-15k a pop on cars... bid sniping is the only way to go on Ebay. Don't hate the player, hate the game yo. :lol:
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