Shuriken

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What bothers me a little is you see many modern iterations of shuriken that look exactly shaped like that. So how to differentiate a real one from a cleverly aged one?

[Shugyosha]

 

 

手裏剣 shuriken (should be 車剣 shaken) 大五方 large 5 sided. I can't read the rest. John

 

 

It begins with Iga (伊賀) but then that's me done. 

[SteveM]

Top part is 

 

伊賀流

 

Iga-ryū (Iga being a place name...the place where ninjas come from). 

[Shugyosha]

What bothers me a little is you see many modern iterations of shuriken that look exactly shaped like that. So how to differentiate a real one from a cleverly aged one?

 

Best not to try.

 

I've got a great view from this minefield thanks, and I even know where some of the mines are and can sometimes recognise one when I see it. No point in going digging around on the other side of the fence. 

[DanielGJ]

Top part is 

 

伊賀流

 

Iga-ryū (Iga being a place name...the place where ninjas come from).

 

Iga Ryu means School or Style of Iga that next to Koga are the zones where the shinobi clans were.

[sz_waldmann]

Thank you kind sirs for your input. 

 

I will stay away from this one, tough it is truly spectacular - there is simply no way of telling like this. If it had papers or something, I'd gladly buy it. I just hope i will not see this resurface somewhere for ten times the money :D

 

SZAB

[Brian]

Center hole looks punched and not drilled? Hmmm...