Ten4bagua

Thanks for your help and advise guys. I feel really fortune to have come across this forum. My understanding as of right now is very very limited.. so I apologize in advance for my ignorance. Bought a book The Arts of the Japanese Sword by BW Robinson. Like as you guys said, study up and in a few months I'll know the real from the junk. BTW just got a refund so now I can use that $$ to buy some good books and really get a feel for this. :-) Thanks again. If I have any questions I'll know where to come:) Best regards, Tim W

Thanks for the tip mate! Sorry I'm pretty ignorant, I'm sure I can learn a lot here! How can you tell its a fake? Edit. I did notice in the fourth and fifth picture down; the "Damascus" looking grain. IDK, not that I'm an expert by any means but just didn't have a good feeling about it.. That was the reason I started questioning and made the decision to look into it a bit further.. Seller hasn't gotten back to me yet but Item hasn't shipped. still may have some time to catch a refund. Seller was apparently posting under false pretense. Tim W

Greeting all, This is my first post. Happened across this forum while studying up on my recent ebay purchase. Unfortunatly, like many others I think I may have been dupped into buying a junk blade made in China even though the description on ebay said it was an original 1940's era ww2 Katana.. I liked what I read here in the buyers beware section about ebay. (Going to the bookstore after work to study up for my next purchase.) Seeing that pretty much sums up the same thing said across the net that I read AFTER I bought the sword.. :/ ...Or maybe it is a real original ww2 Katana? The bottom line is I just don't know and was wondering if someone could help. Sorry if this topic has been discussed before-as I'm sure it has. These are the pics of the sword. Any help identifying whether this blade is real or fake would be much appreciated Tim W