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Here is my little display setup. Pretty simple but does the job. I got these display cases for free from my work place, which is pretty nice. I don't really like that white background though, so I need to do something about it at some point.

Thanks to everyone who has responded :). Although further research doesn't make much sense, it would still be nice to know if this is, a newer but still a Japanese made sword, that would have been faked to look old. I bought this sword from Japan, from a Japanese auctioneer, which makes you think that there is a pretty low probability that they would sell, for example, a Chinese sword with a fake torokusho. Wouldn't that be a pretty big crime on their part ? But I'm just guessing here, and of course i can't rule out that possibility. However, let this sword be a lesson to myself to research things more before buying anything (luckily this sword wasn't very expensive).

Here are a few more pictures of "kinzogan mei", hope they help. i'm not a very good photographer, sorry about that .

Thanks to everyone who has responded so far ! I was advised to take pictures in a dark room. Here are some new pictures, I know they are not perfect either but I hope you get something out of them .

Hello guys. This is my first post here. I'm a complete beginner and I need some help . I have a katana that I would like to know more about. I made a Reddit post about this sword a while ago and got quite mixed opinions about it. Now I would like to hear your opinions on this katana. I know that the kinzogan mei might be fake, but I would be interested in, for example, what era this sword could be from, and do you think this is a genuine Nihonto or a complete fake ? Thank you in advance . Regards Ville M.