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    US Shirasaya Makers

    16k replied to Z8mtj's topic in Nihonto

    What a gorgeous sword, Ray!
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    Yes, a WW2 sword made for a type 3 shin gunto, fits the date. Could indeed be a Showato, but yasurime look keisho and I don’t know if the bothered making elaborate yasurime on Showato, except for Mantetsu. Others will probably add details.
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    US Shirasaya Makers

    16k replied to Z8mtj's topic in Nihonto

    I think I have one by Brian Tschernaga and both the Habaki and Shirasaya are very well made.
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    old sword

    16k replied to mike76us's topic in Nihonto

    I’d say itame too, but I think this is a tired Hada we have here.
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    Attaboy, Marco, great sleuth skills!
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    Strangely enough, I’m in the "must be real" camp. Too nice for a fake.
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    Showa stamp, so late 39, early 42.
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    I’d say leave it. This isn’t the first we see and the more people see it, the more they’ll be cautious.
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    C’est une repro, ami du sud! chinois, et rien d’autre! Deux éléments sont évidents: la soie, mal finie et dépourvue de traits de lime et le s numéros sur le Habaki, typiques des repros chinoises. Et puis, il n’y a pas de ligne de trempe. Désolé, c’est un faux fait pour la déco. Bruce, same on a saya is very frequent on modern repro swords, but I’ll concede it’s the first one I see with both same and ashi.
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    No clue what this is, but that is an interesting item indeed.
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    Someone is going to be really happy!
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    Pfuuuu! Chinese repro! No, seriously, truly outstanding! You can even see the Hada on those small pictures. Not my kind of swords, As I prefer simple things, and anyway don’t have that kind of money, but that is a magnificent piece of art.
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    Like you said, Chris, pictures of the tip of the blade, temper line would help give a definitive judgment on that one.
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    Yup, sorry...;(
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    An island sword had also crossed my mind too, Chris, because of the saya.
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    Nope, not WW2, and nothing much to salvage either imho.
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    Yes, a Frankensword! Could be recent but could have been done in the field, don’t you think?
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    We have had a thread like that not too long ago I think, so I’ll say again my favorites: Ono Yoshimitsu, Gassan Sadakazu and Yoshindo Yoshihara.
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    Well, don’t slice with the second one. This is most likely what’s called a rat tail, meaning the tang is thin and soldered to the blade. It can snap easily and the blade will fly around.
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    Yes, please Samantha, show the blade. Your sword is apparently an imitation of a Kai Gunto (naval WW2 sword) mixed with mountings of a Shingunto (army WW2 sword) but nothing really matches with either. It’s hard to say when it was done, obviously after the war and I’d say in the past twenty years. Today, imitations have become really good, so I’d say before 2000. As for the value, not much I’m afraid as it was probably made in China. Unless I’m wrong, of course!
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    Not bad! I wish I could take pictures like that!
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    Probably fake. The ito doesn’t alternate and the number on the Habaki is suspicious. It could also be a sword that has been fitted with spare parts from other swords and restored by an amateur. The blade could give us more detail, but the pictures are too small. EDIT: saw your pics on photobucket. Definitely fake.
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    Well, sorry, but I can’t tell you much more. The Hamon is too blurry to say anything much. Most Showato were at least oil tempered rather than water tempered, so it’s probably the reason for the SHO stamp, but it could be other elements. Probably the origin of the steel too. If a collector from this board lives in your area, Dave is right, in hand opinion might make a difference.
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    Do you have close ups of the Hamon?
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    Sorry, man, it’s as fake as they come. Definitely Chinese.
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