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Stegel thanks for the clarification and all your assistance!! Greatly appreciated Ike

Stegel, I am sorry but I am not sure I follow. Does this mean that Mr. Stuart feels that although he thinks the swords are Chinese made, he believes the Kanji is most likely Japanese for "to accept" which would imply that these were made for the Japanese to be used for and by a unknown group? Thanks Ike.

Thanks for the response!!!! Seems to be the current thought. Too bad nothing more concrete exists. Hopefully something shows up in the future. Thanks again Ike

Hello all, Joshua introduced me to your forum and I thought I would post the sword being discussed on Gunboards here as well. Great debate as to whether it is a souvenir fake or perhaps manufactured in occupied territories. I know very very little about these but it looks too good and someone went to a lot of effort to make it if it is simple a souvenir piece. for example the markings stampings on the tang and blade. So what is the opinion here? I am posting just some basic pics (to not waste bandwidth) t, if anyone wants more just let me know!!! Again here is the link to the post being discussed:http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?473825-2nd-sword-what-is-it&p=4150513#post4150513 On the blade: