Cant find any info on this sword...any suggestions?

[KYLETHEPYRO]

I got this sword and it looks very old, but i cant find any information about the Mei...can anyone help me out?

[Ted Tenold]

Sorry to have to be blunt, but this is a reproduction/fake and not of Japanese origin. Click on the "Fake Swords" link at the top of our forum page and have a look.

 

Also, per the forum rules, please sign your posts with your real name.

[KYLETHEPYRO]

Well, that ends that debate then! Thank you!

 

Sorry about the signature...noob on this site!

 

 

 

-Kyle P-

[KYLETHEPYRO]

But just out of curiosity, how could you tell so quickly?

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Kyle P-

[sencho]

Kyle,

 

Plenty of reading and study of genuine swords... then you will know immediately that this is a fake.....

 

Have a look at this and see if you can spot the difference.... (click the picture to enlarge)...

 

http://www.nihontoantiques.com/images/Blade%20(62)%20copy.jpg

 

and then look at the mounts

 

http://www.nihontoantiques.com/images/Mounts%20copy11211.jpg

 

...and then examine all of the other swords on http://www.nihontoantiques.com and the rest of the linked sites on the Message Board.

 

I think you will be able to draw your own conclusions

 

Cheers

[pcfarrar]

The noh mask tsuba is a copy of an Echizen Kinai design. The Chinese must have copied from a book

 

I have a real one by the nanadai.

[KYLETHEPYRO]

So i guess that would explain the "7" stamped into the tang...this thing is folded and the tang is filed though...

 

 

 

 

Kyle P

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[drbvac]

Maybe - but , its like saying well this picture is paint and signed PIcasso - I was like you 20 years ago and on a bad day still am -- read read read, ask , then maybe buy.