Buhnevici Posted March 24, 2024 Report Posted March 24, 2024 (edited) Hello good people! I have a question regarding the sword in the picture. The stamp looks military (and fake?) but I wondered if it was in any way normal to inscribe a name as it is (Hideya..?) instead of on the tang. i’m sorry if these are obvious questions but I know very little. Could this be a regular factory made officers katana? The tsuba and ray-skin and other details seem to be of much higher quality than I would expect in a reproduction as well. Respectfully from Sweden, Alexander Buhnevici Huijserius@gmail.com Edited March 24, 2024 by Buhnevici Spelled sword wrong Quote
Buhnevici Posted March 24, 2024 Author Report Posted March 24, 2024 Don’t be sorry David, thank you for the reply 🙏🏻 1 Quote
John C Posted March 24, 2024 Report Posted March 24, 2024 8 hours ago, Buhnevici said: Could this be a regular factory made officers katana? Alexander: As David stated, a definite reproduction. For reference, the carving on the blade was almost never done and certainly not a carved sakura. In addition, the stamped numbers on the habaki are almost never done but are found frequently on fakes. John C. Quote
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