Need help identifying if this Gunto is legit or not

[Darwin14]

Hello there guys, I am hoping you could shed light on this gunto if its legitemate or not, I only have limited photos of the gunto from my friend here in the Philippines. thank you so much your answers wil surely be appreciated :)

[sword_guy]

I'm certainly no expert but it seems to be fake to me. The blade has writing on it which seems to correlate with fakes, and the tsuka and saya all seem totally different from the examples listed as authentic I have seen before.

 

Check out this link for lots of good info: http://ohmura-study.net/957.html

 

I am, however not particularly knowledgeable so perhaps it is good to wait for a second opinion.

 

Also, it is probably best to move this to the Military swords section. As far as I know that is the section for non-traditionally made blades like the NCO Guntos which this may or may not be.

[Brian]

It's a (very bad) fake.
99.5% of the Japanese swords from the Philippines are.