What do your eyes tell you

[Stephen]

orange or red. the rest of the story later

[Jamie]

In the pic, looks Red to me.

[drdata]

Looks red/brown to me. A bit faded perhaps.

 

Regards

[Bruno]

red

[Curgan]

red also (the light might make it seem like orange)

[Stephen]

well yes, thats what i bought it as, but it came orange, welll see what the seller does to correct. price paid 400, because i thought it red

[Curgan]

Ah, it is hard to find a honest seller these days... that's why I prefer dealing with forumites.

[Stephen]

Well its to early to call him dishonest yet...if he doesnt refund or as he puts it looking at another one he has stored, well see too soon to tell

[drdata]

I'm not aware of there even being orange tassels. Is the concern that this is repro or a dye job?

 

If repro it was a scary good job.

 

Regards

[drbvac]

Stephen:

 

Didn't think there were orange ones = red/brown - officers major/colonel ?> heres a pic of one I found and this is called "red/brown" - certainly on the orange side of the color spectrum

 

 

[Curgan]

There were red/brown ornate for generals, red/brown for field officers and blue/brown for company officers. Orange is either a forgery or a low quality tassel.

 

just my 2 cents

[george trotter]

Hi Stephen,

Speaking as someone who has only seen a few red/brown tassels I can only say the following:

I have seen blue/brown tassels that have faded to light blue/brown, so suppose it is possible that some red dyes might also fade to orange/brown. I would say however, that the seller should send the red/brown in the pic unless he SAYS this is only a representative pic and actual item may vary.

Hope this helps.

George.

[Stephen]

Thanks guys, if must have faded....im sure ive seen orange at shows, did alot fade? the one in case is oranger that the one the good Doc posted. Ill let you know what the seller does, he does have a nice sword or two, and so far wants me happy, more to come.