sashko1

That's what I was hoping it was - officer's sword. But this gentleman above was too convincing in his reply. If it is Japanese it would suck because he sold the sword for $35.

No, I don't think this is relevant. That has to do with a fake sword. When I inquired about the type of steel / carbon content of the blade the previous owner said it was "Flower Pattern Steel". I have never heard of it. Sashko.

Hey guys, have you ever heard of the "Flower Pattern Steel"? If so, what is it? What are the specs of it? Sashko.

But you know what... I think this site has a perfect examples of fake swords listed in "Fake Swords" section.

O trust me, I will blow this up.... This web page will become more educative pretty soon! I will try to accumulate all the details of this fake business as well as details of faking. Regards.

I read somewhere that there was a time period when straight Kissaki was produced... Therefore I thought it was from that period.... Stupid me!

I think you are right ... But there's such an enormous wish to have a real Katana!!! I just can't afford at this time (as I realized recently ) to spend $+2000 on the real thing. Therefore I want to make something that will resemble it, trust me this is only for me - I'm a weird character - this is the 5th day that I take the sword out look at it for an hour, think ..think..think... and put it aside in a fury and disgust. You know what, I think I will create a website for this matter and describe all the details in it so others won't stumble. Actually I already created a little something when I was arguing with the seller of the sword, take a look: http://www.fishingvolyn.com/Bad_Katana/ ... hinese.htm Alex.

Guys, the Kissaki shape on this sword is very bad, there's only , I'd say, 5% resemblence to the real Kissaki. I want to make it look at least ~50% similar. The tip is too pointy, so I'm planning to round it up a little. There's also no Yokote, which I'm planning to create. Whould you have any suggestions to what's the best approach is here? I'm pretty confident with my hands, so I'm not afraid to take on this action. One thing that I would consider the last resort is to do any (black)smithing on it, since I've never done anything like that. But other than that any grinding, cutting, etc. - I'm for it. Also, I don't think this sword was ever tempered, even though I think it kinda resembles Damascus type steel. So maybe, if it is possible at this point to forge it somehow, so that my soul gets at least some satisfaction even from a piece of $!@# ? I'd love to hear what you got to say, please? Thank you a lot, Alex.

I guess I will just nail it to the wall... Or... I guess I could buy KatanaKAKA from the same seller on e-bay!? Alex.

You got a good point mr. remzy. I will try to bring it to a more-or-less presentable condition because when I started to look at this cheap piece of you-know-what I found so many flaws! I think bathroom wall would be a good place to hang it after all?! Thank you.

Thank you all for your input. Sad, I had to know better before buying this piece of junk!

Thank you. Do those words mean anything in English at all?

What it says, if you know? Thank you.

Hi, can anybody tell me what the signature on Nakago means? I'm suspecting this is a fake reproduction katana that I purchased from e-bay? Much thanks, Sashko.