Have you ever been surfing e-bay looking for an authentic Confederate Civil War relic? Have you ever clicked on an auction claiming to be of a Confederate item, and you end up scratching your head because the...
Original Civil war swords are still on the market not rebuilt. But today using new, fake or altered swords has become a very common practice. Buying 2 or 3 junkers to get enough parts to assemble one or two...
I am a long-time collector of edged weapons, having begun in the 1960's when the current question of reproduction vs. originals was not really much of an issue. The usual fraud involved taking a genuine...