Ganko Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Avoid it like the plague, looks like a Chinese knock-off to me. Quote
Greg F Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Definitely not Japanese made. Greg Quote
Blazeaglory Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Thing looks scary as f*ck! Some kind of genie in a bottle or Japanese ghost story? 1 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Doesn't look like they even tried to follow Japanese standards. 1 Quote
Masamune Posted January 30, 2020 Author Report Posted January 30, 2020 What about the tsuba? It’s signed first picture?? Quote
peterd Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Need better pictures or i will stick with first impression fake. The mei seems to be somthing, Hisa Saku. The top part also appears to stray from under the seppa Quote
Masamune Posted January 30, 2020 Author Report Posted January 30, 2020 The fuchi & kashira are real also signed I thought the tsuba may be real. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 Here's a better picture of the tsuba mei Quote
Brian Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 Mei is irrelevant, if the tsuba is junk and clearly not Japanese. That is just not a theme or style anyone Japanese would ever do. It is comically bad.Forget the signature. 3 Quote
peterd Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 Maybe trying to look like this. 2 Quote
uwe Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 Wow...... “暦応” (Ryakuō era, third year) ....some doubts are appropriate here, I guess... Sorry Quote
peterd Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 All fake. Chinese sword. Chinese copy tsuba. Quote
raaay Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 sorry, I do not want to be rude , but this is getting like it is all a Chinese fake sword. 1 Quote
Masamune Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Posted January 31, 2020 Wow that tsuba is awsome! Quote
Stephen Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 Can we kill this or are newbies learning from it. Quote
uwe Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 sorry, I do not want to be rude , but this is getting like it is all a Chinese fake sword. That’s crystal clear Ray!!! I merely wanted to express my astonishment, that somebody made the effort, to put a (more or less well made) inscription on this bad fake, that in fact bears a meaning. Ridiculous in this case, but readable...... No more and no less Quote
Masamune Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Posted February 2, 2020 Can we kill this or are newbies learning from it. Quote
Masamune Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Posted February 2, 2020 No we can’t kill it it’s all about study! It’s a study for the rest of your life. Quote
Vermithrax16 Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 This tsuba is an homage to the WWE's George "The Animal" Steele 1 Quote
raynor Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 Drop it like it's hot. As another newbie - don't buy a sword until you have first seen the real thing live first. Once you have looked at a real one for more then two blinks and paid attention you are able to rule out the vast majority of fakes out there, quality does not lie. 2 Quote
Blazeaglory Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 This tsuba is an homage to the WWE's George "The Animal" Steele Haha, good eye! It's totally him! Just needs to eat a turn buckle and it's complete! Quote
peterd Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 Just before i crawl back in my bottle. Demons. Goki and Zenki. 2 Quote
Brian Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 A VERY different, and masterfully done, depiction of them compared to the original comical and un-Japanese one above. 2 Quote
Nobody Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 Just before i crawl back in my bottle. Demons. Goki and Zenki. They are a Rokuro-kubi (轆轤首) with a sake bottle and a Kappa (河童) with a cucumber. Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokurokubi Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore) 3 Quote
peterd Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 Sorry, that is what it said in the auction catalogue. Quote
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