Tang translation

[atrepshin]

I have been using your website for a long time out of general interest. As it happens my father came across a sword and bought it a while back with no papers and for couple of years it’s been around the house. It looks very old and has all the marks of a genuine japans work of art even though the blade is in bad shape. We have done tests on the blade and the core is not damaged and we wore tolled it can be polished but by a very good sword smith. The problem is we still wore not able to indemnify the exact craftsmen who made the sword. I have made etchings if the tang and wondered if anyone could help out to decipher them. If you could pleas reference the tang to Meibutsu-cho any input is welcome. [attachment=0]Tangpic.jpg[/attachment]

[Stephen]

better to show pix of the tang, i dont get a good feeling on this mei. Pix of all the fittings and blade need to be seen. Im think Chinese copy so far.

[atrepshin]

This are not that clear and wore taken at least 4 years ago, I plan to make better ones soon. We worked out one thing about the first couple of curators they are in very old Japanese, from the time when the Chinese righting was still used in Japan. It might also interest you that the last owner was a museum in Ukraine, the sward was in there archives for over 60 years before my Father found it and bought it out.

[atrepshin]

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[atrepshin]

Sorry I was wrong before this writing is on the sword handle. 2 pix

[Ted Tenold]

Atrepshin,

 

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Unfortunately, your sword is a copy and not of Japanese origin. The workmanship and signatures are very "un-Japanese".

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

I agree with Ted, fake.

[atrepshin]

Thanks for the effort

[Stephen]

perhaps the pix we should have seen first.

[atrepshin]

This is some more of the hall thing. And just the blade.

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

Definitely fake.