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[samusamu]

hallo all happy holiday 

i want to know about this katana. this is legit?.

nagasa 64 cm

thank you

marsel
regards

 

[samusamu]

[Surfson]

A little hard to tell, but looks like a real wakizashi that has been neglected.

[Geraint]

Nagasa at more than 60 cms suggests katana but I have to agree about the neglect part! 

 

All the best.

[Stephen]

 

Knock off...habaki looks like it was hammered on backwards.

All n all no bueno doubtful is real nihonto.

Edited December 26, 2020 by Stephen

[uwe]

Is there a ridge connecting ha/munemachi? That would be odd.....

The overall shape, however, seems quite ok, except the area were the tang meets the blade, as mentioned. Furthermore, the habaki (blade collar) doesn’t deserve the name and the saya (scabbard) raises also some doubts. 
I’m sure, that our military sword collectors can shed some light!

[Bruce Pennington]

Marsel,

I have noticed a lot of blades collected in Southeast Asia have suffered quite a bit from years of heat and humidity.  Such massive corrosion makes it difficult to say much.  I'm puzzled by the area I've enlarged here.  Is it just corrosion that has been smoothed over?

 

The whole thing seem really poorly made, and maybe even not finished, like Uwe mentioned about the habaki.  The saya is made to be leather covered, but the covers often are missing.  My first gut feel makes me think of an article someone posted about POWs being forced to make swords.  It looks Japanese, but, to me looks crudely made and unfinished.  Here's the story: