Hello. First time posting here. I have this heirloom my late great grandfather passed down to me, and I wanted to know where it's from, and what it is. Thought you all could help. Spanish inscribed on the blade, reads: "Perro que ladra no muerde" on one side, along with "México" more toward the tang and knuckle bow. The other side of the blade has the word "Oaxaca" The sword/machete is very worn, and very dull. Thank you for any help!

How’d I do?

This was evidently purchased by my grandfather from a castle in Scotland in the 40's or 50's (only going by his handwritten label). Is it legit or a knock off to sell to US servicemen who wouldn't know better (or their grandchildren apparently)? I can confirm it's comforting to hold while tolerating work from home meetings on-line (yeah, leaving the camera off for those meetings).

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Hi guys :) I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I just acquired my first sword: https://imgur.com/a/p4EQyvk

Its a blunt reenactment sword made by Paul Binns. I will be using it a lot for fencing practice, a lot of which is going to happen out-doors regardless of weather. And since I live in Iceland I foresee that I will be doing a lot of sword fighting in the rain. So I come here to seek your wisdom:

What is the best way to keep it rust free?

I do plan to wipe it down after every practice, some of which are up to three hours long, and keep it in a warm-ish place. However I worry that this might not be enough, so I'm wondering if it is a good idea to oil down the sword (if so, what oil is recommended?) or if it needs to be stored in some way that best protects it?

I've recently started my sword collecting story. But i'm a big fan of one piece . Does anyone? Know a company that makes their swords but not with plastic sheath

This is very dangerous as a sword is not a toy, let me list the things I found that were very upsetting about my first katana, firstly the saya cracked easily near the end , the sageo was poorly made seemingly made of just some cloth as the end of it was never woven together , the kurigata had some metal (cheap aluminum coated in low quality gold paint) inside it and it fell out, the hibaki was rattling and loose, the ray skin was fake as it was soft , the wrap or tsuka ito was fake or poorly put on as it moved around a lot with ease. The katana is very hard to disassemble as i need a hammer and block to remove the handle in order for deep cleaning and it was very hard as most fake sword manufacturers make it as hard as possible to get deep inside the sword onto see what a terrible job they had done in order to prevent loss of money , as this was my first sword I was blinded by excitement so I didn’t put enough research into the producer , please do not make this mistake and do your research, even if you see a high quality website that says and explains a lot to you just like katana sword they still might be fake as even with their “real 4.3 star reviews” they aren’t that good of a company to buy from.

(Edit: Buy from trusted people or companies such as Minikatana as they do invest quality into their swords and do frequently advertise themselves and as someone who has seen and checked the quality of their products I can say they invest quality rather than cash grabs)

I was wanting to get a foam replica of Mihawk's sword from one piece, and I found this store called "Collectors Outpost" and I wanted to know if anyone has bought from here or knows if it's legit, before I throw away 40$

I am looking to purchase a sword that was either battle used or from that time period, and if I can find one made by a well known craftsman that would be even better I am interested in anything medieval, Chinese or Japanese. I am just wondering if anyone knows of good auction sites or places that sell this and are legit.

My current budget is around $5,000 but if that seems low I can cap it at $10,000.

From a sword maker in Toledo! Pretty sweet!

I know, it’s Etsy so it could be just mass made crap. However, the forge looks to be out of Germany so that’s good right? Here is a link to their page https://www.etsy.com/shop/maqmesser786 This is one of the pieces I was looking at.

Just picked up a 1902 English navy cutlass. Doesn’t have the sheath but would love to get one. Does anyone know where I could pick one up?