Bruce Pennington Posted January 27, 2021 Report Posted January 27, 2021 Any chance this is a Buddhist bonji or other symbol to the gods? It's on a late-war blade re-fitted for the war. Might be occupied China made. In the last year of the war, they were increasingly putting religious items on nakago, so giving this a shot before we yell "Chinese fake!" Quote
SteveM Posted January 28, 2021 Report Posted January 28, 2021 Doesn't look like a bonji to me, but I'm not sure what it is. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, SteveM said: Doesn't look like a bonji to me, but I'm not sure what it is. Thanks Steve! After zooming in, I think the top is just bad steel-work. I've enlarged and you can see some strokes better. Quote
raaay Posted January 28, 2021 Report Posted January 28, 2021 just to be flippant , i see a running man carrying a triangle under his arm 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Posted January 28, 2021 It looks to me like a 4 and a bad 8 Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted January 30, 2021 Report Posted January 30, 2021 I dont know about the yasurime on gunto but this looks chinese too me. Its just a flaw ingnored by chinese workers that dont care about nakago. Looking closer all of that looks chinese or my eyes getting bad ? 3 Quote
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