Yasukuni swords in Type 3 mounts?

[cabowen]

If it is a fake, I doubt the fakers had a copy, or knew of, the exhibit catalog. There aren't many around 60 years later.

 

I have seen at least a dozen fakes of Yasunori blades. I find nothing odd at all about this potentially being a fake.

[w.y.chan]

What I meant was if someone were to create a fake it would have been easier to create something safe in the knowledge that it at least have a chance to convince. The oddness or in another word atypical hamon in addition of being a joint work gassaku fake runs greater risk of being outed. I'm aware there are plenty of outlandish modern fakes about that is not design to deceive but most of these forgery werent true nihonto either. There is also a chance of it being a wartime fake. Disregarding the signature this one looks like a decent sword over 3 saku with what appear to be an old possibly war era polish. We won't know until someone of Fujishiro san's experience get a chance of seeing this up close.

 

Wah

[Bruce Pennington]

On 11/12/2013 at 8:36 AM, george trotter said:

So..., I still just can't understand why high quality Type 3 fittings have not yet been seen on Yasukuni...strange IMHO.

Regards,

 

George, I can't make out the number on this.  Do we have this one already, and is this a Sadaroku?

Edit: Never mind!  Found it on another post - It's a Feb '44 Sadaroku, タ2383