reeder Posted October 24, 2012 Report Posted October 24, 2012 Got offered these 2 blades and am at work at the moment posting from phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know I need better photos which I will try to get later. Thanks for your help in advance. I guess I need to know quickly if you all think they're correct or fakes. If cant tell from the 2 pics I'll try for more this evening. -Brandon Quote
Mark Posted October 24, 2012 Report Posted October 24, 2012 the bare blade is genuine WWII Showato. the NCO looks genuine but the CHinese fakes are getting much better so from the one picture it is be hard to be 100% sure but it looks ok from what i see Quote
reeder Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Posted October 24, 2012 Thanks a ton, Mark. They looked alright to me but I'm newer to collecting and wanted to get a better opinion. Also looking at these on my phone so hard to see details. Lastly, wanted to make sure the bare blade wasn't just Chinese jibberish on a fake. Trying to catch the guy after work, so thank you very much for the quick response. -Brandon Quote
reeder Posted October 25, 2012 Author Report Posted October 25, 2012 Here are some more pics of the blades. -Brandon Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted October 25, 2012 Report Posted October 25, 2012 Original NCO sword with a non Japanese rope/knot. Quote
reeder Posted October 25, 2012 Author Report Posted October 25, 2012 Thank you gentlemen. I guess I'm going to meet the guy this afternoon to pick them up. He has the original crate his father shipped them in too. I'll have to work on translating the sword later. Just wanted to make sure they weren't Chinese fakes. Thanks again, Brandon Quote
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