antique mongolian tiger sword chinese dao ild saber restored manchurian bronze

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antique mongolian tiger sword chinese dao ild saber restored manchurian bronze:
$1525.00

I AM UNCERTAIN OF THE EXACT ORIGIN OF THIS SWORD AND MY THOUGHTS ARE COULD BE MANCHURIAN OR EVEN MONGOLIAN, THE BLADE IS AT LEAST AS FAR AS I SEE IT MUCH OLDER THAN THE REST OF THE SWORD WHICH I THINK WAS LIKELY MADE EARLY 20THC, MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE FROM ONE OF CHINAS ISLAMIC CULTURES OR EVEN AN OLD MONGOLIAN SABER REMOUNTED LATER ?? A DAO ? AN ILD ? I DO NOT KNOW, BUT IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT VERY OLD INDEED AND THE BLADE IS ONE OF THE FINEST BLADES I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS IN MANY YEARS OF DEALING IN ASIAN WEAPONRY.FIRSTLY, WHEN PURCHASED THE SWORD WAS IN A ROUGH STATE ALTHOUGH THE BLADE WAS NOT CHIPPED OR DAMAGED,IT WAS COVERED WITH A FINE BUT DEEP RUST AND WAS VERY HARD TO CLEAN AND TOOK MANY HOURS TO BRING IT TO AS IT IS NOW, THE HILT WAS WOOD AND VERY OLD,THERE ARE 2 HILT SLABS HELD IN PLACE BY A NUMBER OF PINS THROUGH THE GRIP AND TANG, THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF CRACKS AND SHAKES IN THE WOOD GRIP AND IT APPEARED TO BE MADE FROM CHINESE ELM OR A SIMMLAR WOOD, OVER THAT WOOD GRIP WAS A ROTTEN AND OLD BINDING WHICH WAS MADE FROM RAWHIDE IN THICK WIDE WOUND STRIPS AND THIS WAS HELD IN PLACE BY SMALL RUSTY OLD PINS OF STEEL.TO SAVE THE HILT GRIPS FROM FURTHER DAMAGE I BOUND THE HILT WITH A THIN COTTON CORD STRING AND PAINTED IT BLACK WITH ACRYLIC, I THEN SOAKED SOME RAWHIDE AND ADDED THAT AS IT WAS WHEN I GOT IT AND HELD IT IN PLACE WITH SOME SMALL TACK NAILS OF STEEL, THE GUARD IS HEAVY AND MADE FROM A HEAVY MIXED METAL BRASS OR BRONZE TYPE AND LOKS TYPICAL CHINESE TO ME,THE HILT POMMEL OF THE 2 HANDED HILT ON THIS SWORD IS CAST BY LOST WAX METHOD AND IS MADE FROM BRONZE, IT HAS A MARK ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD THAT IS THE CHINESE SYMBOL FOR TIGER, WHEN THE SWORD CAME TO ME THE POMMEL WAS VERY LOOSE SO I REMOVED IT TO SEE HOW THE TANG HAD BEEN FINISHED OFF, IT HAD BEEN PEENED OVER AS MOST CHINESE DAOS ARE AND THEN THE POMMEL ATTACHED WITH SOME FORM OF LACQUER OR GLUE, I REFIXED THE POMMEL TIGER HEAD AND THEN MADE A SIMPLE TONGUE WHICH I PLACED OVER THE TANG END AND RE PEENED IT OVER TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, BENEATH THAT IS A NUT THAT IS NOT ATTACHED BY THREAD OF ANY KIND AND IS SIMPLY THERE TO KEEP THE TONGUE TIGHT IN PLACE, THE TIGER HEAD POMMEL WAS THEN RESET INTO PLACE USING AN EPOXY GLUE, IT NEEDED VERY LITTLE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE AND HAS STAYED GOOD AND TIGHT FORT MANY YEARS NOW SINCE I FOUND THE SWORD.NOW FOR THE BLADE, THE STEEL USED IN THIS BLADE IS VERY VERY HARD, IT ALSO SHOWS A FINE LAMINATE PATTERN THAT IS VERY MUCH LIKE A WOOTZ CRYSTALINE OR SHEER STEEL, THE BLADE ALSO HAS HARDLY ANY FLEX AND WILL IF STRUCK ON MILD STEEL ACTUALLY CUT INTO IT, I HAVE HAD MANY SWORDS BUT NEVER HAVE I SEEN A BLADE THAT COULD DO THIS AND A SMITH FRIEND HAS SUGGESTED THAT DUE TO THE BLACK SPOTS IN THE BLADE IN AREAS ALL OVER IT THAT THIS COULD BE MADE FROM A METEORIC IRON AND THE BLACK SPOTS ARE METEORIC GLASS IN THE METAL.I CAN SAY VERY LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SWORD THAN I HAVE ALREADY SAID AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT IS FROM, OBVIOUSLY CHINA SOMEWHERE OF MANCHURIA AND IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED BY ONE DEALER THAT IF COULD HAVE BEEN A SWORD MADE FOR HORSE MOUNTED SOLDIERS IN MANCHURIA DURING THE EARLY 20THC WHEN THE JAPANESE INVADED NANKING AND MOVED NORTH, I DO NOT KNOW THIS PART OF CHINESE HISTORY SO COULD NOT SAY MORE REGARDING IT BUT THE SWORD REMAINS A MYSTERY.SIZE IS, TOTAL LENGTH 37 INS, BLADE IS 28 INS LONG AND HILT IS 9-1/2 INS, BLADE WIDTH AT HILT END IS 1-3/4 INS, SPINE THICKNESS AT THE HILT END IS 1/4 INCH, IT IS LIGHT IN THE HAND AND VERY WELL BALANCED.NO RETURN IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SO DO NOT MAKE AN OFFER IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT, THE SWORD IS OLD BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT AGE AND HAVE TRIED AS BEST I CAN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY YEARS IN THE TRADE OF BUYING SELLING AND RESTORING ASIAN SWORDS TO DESCRIBE IT AS I SEE IT IN HAND, THE REST IS DOWN TO THE BUYER AND WHOEVER BUYS IT WILL NOT BE SORRY THAT THEY DID AS IT IS A FINE OLD SWORD MADE FOR FIGHTING AND NOT TO SELL TO THE TOURIST MARKET.BUYER MUST MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE sale ENDING \'\' NO EXCEPTIONS\'\' MAKE ANY OFFER THAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR THE SWORD BUT IT WILL NOT BE SOLD UNLESS THERE IS A SERIOUS OFFER MADE FOR IT.