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Old Fake Kyu Gunto?

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Hello,

 

I have been seeing this odd sword on eBay for a few days: it looks to be a patchwork of genuine pre-WWII kyu gunto parts.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-WWII-Army-Kyu-Gunto-Officer-Sword-of-the-ancestral-MON-/282028041804?hash=item41aa2e664c:g:dscAAOSwYmZXKx3g

 

To my opinion this is an "old fake": :

 

- a cavalry backstrap was grafted upon an infantry kyu gunto handle (different patterns);

 

- the scabbard, habaki and blade come from a different sword from the handle (recently-drilled second mekugi ana for the assembly).

 

The seller advertises it as traditionally-made. I would say machine-made with some remnants of an acid-etched "hamon". 

 

What do you think?

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