Can someone help me identify this sword?

Hard to say but from the photo the apex of the grind lines are about 4mm off center.

I've not seen this particular design but my local gun shop sells a boat load of these types. In the $12-$20 range. Excalibur types and Robin Hood types sell the fastest. Fantasy bits like these don't move as fast. I have a couple as they make decent wall hangers. They spend a lot of effort, or maybe it isn't much effort as I think, on the grips and leave the blade grind to whatever happens. At least mine are that way.
 
Found this article after a five minute search, the information seems good. Read the part about stainless steel.

http://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/buy-swords-online.html

More information about stainless steel swords:
http://swordforum.com/metallurgy/stainlesssuitable.html

And some more information about quality swords:
http://www.sword-manufacturers-guide.com/sword-steels.html

They all say the same thing, stainless steel swords are not particularly good swords to try to use. They were not intended for use, and you'll likely hurt yourself if you try. Also that a decent quality sword will have the company name and steel type stamped on it.
About the handle, If you take away the griffins, it looks a lot like my desk lamp. It might look nice but it cost me less than $20 at Wal Mart.

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Edited to add: Why is it that when I try to take a good picture, I can never manage, but when I take a one handed snapshop of my desk lamp, it turns out to be the clearest, sharpest image I've ever gotten?:grumpy:
 
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Functional, "real" swords have very little ornamentation about them. Some of the classic European rapiers have elaborate handles, but these are still clean, smart design for a purpose. There is no reason for a sword to have all those gargoyles and things as they serve no practical value.

From time to time, you'll find a quality sword that may have a gem inset in the pommel, or with certain Chinese swords there are classical designs for the guard or hilt. These are immediately recognizable. The Pakistan sword shown in the OP is an ornament for wall display only.

As some of the other comments here have made clear, this kind of thing is extremely dangerous to the owner and anyone in the vicinity should it be swung or manipulated as if it were a real weapon.
 
nativecajun57 said:
Do you really think that swords had all the stuff you have on yours. Time like today was precious to the medieavel times. No one would ever spend the time to put such garnishments on a sword.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you (and others who maintain that ancient swords were unadorned) there. In ancient times materials were expensive but labor was cheap, this is basically the diametric opposite of today where materials are cheap but labor is expensive. Many ancient swords are quite ornate (one could reference the remains of the Sutton Hoo sword or the bits recently discovered in the Staffordshire Hoard to see some incredible examples of sword adornment). This ornamentation was done not to enhance the sword's fighting qualities but to enhance its value as a prestige object.

As previously noted none of this has anything to do with the sword in this thread of course which in no way resembles anything historical that I am aware of with the possible exception of fraternal swords.
 
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At a guess I'd say it's probably time to let this one go quietly into the night. Many folks are posting in this thread reasons why this sword is neither authentic in the sense that it is old nor authentic in the sense that it is an accurate reproduction of anything historical. Some of the reasons are sound others not so much.

Either way our op has made it abundantly clear that he did not come to this forum to actually learn about his piece but rather get confirmation for what he already believed about the piece. Since that information is unlikely to be forthcoming I think we are at an impasse.
 
I think we are wasting our time here. thepkilla hasn't visited the forum since the 12th and probably won't come back. He probably felt he had a great valuable sword and now his ego is bruised.
No need trying to convince someone who's already left
 
Triton said:
I'm going to have to disagree with you (and others who maintain that ancient swords were unadorned) there. In ancient times materials were expensive but labor was cheap, this is basically the diametric opposite of today where materials are cheap but labor is expensive. Many ancient swords are quite ornate (one could reference the remains of the Sutton Hoo sword or the bits recently discovered in the Staffordshire Hoard to see some incredible examples of sword adornment). This ornamentation was done not to enhance the sword's fighting qualities but to enhance its value as a prestige object.
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This is true. If you've ever been to a museum that had a decent arms and armor exhibit going on, you'd see some very decorated swords. These are not the variety that would be carried by any common soldier but a wealthy person could certainly have carried one, how much use it would have seen is another story entirely. The sword carried by a less wealthy soldier would be a very simple design, that's if they could afford one at all.

This sword, however, is the base of my desk lamp glued to a stainless steel blade with a bad grind job.
 
People please your all mistaken, this sword is an ancient Persian blade made of the finest ancient alloy whose secret went to the grave about 2500 years ago. It is a most rare and sacred blade carried by the great Persian king Darius II. In fact this was the sword that Alexander the Great took from the dead body of Darius after his defeat. It resided in Babylon until the fall of the city at which time it was lost to history until now. Do you not realize the importance of this find? :jerkit:
 
Rafthos said:
People please your all mistaken, this sword is an ancient Persian blade made of the finest ancient alloy whose secret went to the grave about 2500 years ago. It is a most rare and sacred blade carried by the great Persian king Darius II. In fact this was the sword that Alexander the Great took from the dead body of Darius after his defeat. It resided in Babylon until the fall of the city at which time it was lost to history until now. Do you not realize the importance of this find? :jerkit:
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Are you sure, I thought I had read somewhere that Darius's sword was a smatchet?:)
 
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