Hi all,
first of all, it is a delightful experience to wander through the forum and see hints, doubts, identifications, details and expertise flickering around pictures — like mysteries to be solved.
Here is one, — I am in Marseille, France, and the whole team of the local pawn shop is puzzled around a Japanese sword that someone left with them today, insisting it was from WWII.
I promised I would help. A french friend who reads Japanese told me the marking were chinese, a Chinese friend tells me it makes no sense. A Japanese friend insist it still might be Japanese (but he can't understand it). And i, for one, strongly suspect it might be a replica !
All I can bring to the debate is that the french word for rayskin is "galuchat", I was more familiar with it in book binding.
What do you think ? Genuine or not ?
I'll be very happy to bring some light to this mystery — too many people want to know, now.
Thanks.
