Spartan117

There is a Hamon. If its the wavy line that goes along lower part of the blade, then yes it has one. Its rather skinny and faint. Its included in the photos it may easy to miss. Its not a full picture so sorry for not including a full pic. From what i can explain it the waves are definitely a unique pattern throughout

Also does the blade look consistent with a genuine machined sword of the era? Ive tested it to see if its magnetic also checked it with cold blue to see if it was genuine carbon steel. And both check out to be consistent with the material at the time

Thank you @Bruce Pennington ive bought this recently and was concerned that it was a fake. But im totally okay if its a genuine Chinese war version of the type 98. Ive read the whole thread and you seemed very knowledgeable so i figured id tag you directly. I probably will post full photos and make a new thread to gather more information. But it is indeed an obscure sword.

@Bruce Pennington I have a similar one. No markings at all. Age is definitely there. Any info? I can post more info if needed? Sorry new to this forum stuff.