Roam Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 Hello all, unsure if blade is authentic. Hamon is a concern but other features point to forgery? some pics are better on white background. cannot seem to be able to remove habaki. Thanks for all reply’s in advance. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 Hi Harvey, Don't know if it's just me, but these photos didn't come out. Seem strangely digitized. So far, looks fine, but would love to see some normal photos. 1 Quote
eternal_newbie Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 26 minutes ago, Bruce Pennington said: Don't know if it's just me, but these photos didn't come out. Seem strangely digitized. Not just you - they look the same to me. Quote
Roam Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 Omg, will repost in a bit. Not sure what happened. Quote
Roam Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 Still having issues with image resized last few pics. Sorry. Quote
Scogg Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 No worries Harvey. Instead of putting them through a resizing program; sometimes cropping the image, or taking a screenshot on your phone will get them small enough to post. Although, as far as I can tell, everything looks good. Looks like a nice cutout tsuba. Interesting scabbard paint. What about the sword made you suspect forgery? Best of luck, -Sam 1 Quote
Roam Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 Hamon is etched? Thanks for all responses. So helpful here.🙏🏻 Again, sorry for the bad/eyesore pics earlier. 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 HAMON looks etched indeed. The full-size/length photo does not help. Please use a dark background, don't shoot photos at an angle (better from right above) and present photos as cut-outs. You can remove the HABAKI with a piece of hardwood and a small hammer. It is important to show the blade without HABAKI, so we can see the MACHI. Quote
Tensho Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 Any markings or stamps on the nakago? My guess is this is a zohei-to. 1 Quote
Conway S Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 Yes, it’s an acid etched blade. Sometimes blades like this are encountered with bohi in Kyu Gunto mounts. I have a similar example in good condition early type 94 mounts. Mine is devoid of any markings on the nakago. It’s nice to see another example. 4 Quote
Roam Posted March 14 Author Report Posted March 14 Hash marks and file marks but only partially. No stamps nor signature. Rough nakago at edges. Got the habaki off. Is blade genuine? Quote
John C Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 Harvey: The marks circled are 4 3, a common way to mark for assembly. Are there similar marks on the edge of the habaki or the numbers 43 on any other fittings? John C. 1 Quote
Conway S Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 23 minutes ago, Roam said: Got the habaki off. Is blade genuine? The blade is genuine. There is nothing wrong with the nakago either. Can you post a better close up of the scabbard? Quote
Roam Posted March 14 Author Report Posted March 14 Thanks Con. Here a close up of saya. Only one seppa and it’s marked 9/7/0. No marks on Tsuba. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 The other Seppa is stuck to the Fuchi, early swords sometimes only had two or four Seppa. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 One-piece seppa fuchi is a late-war sign. This appears to be a late-war zoheito. Harvey, zoheito were arsenal made blades of single sheet steel. They were real swords, just not hammered and folded like samurai swords. Zoheito were made throughout the war. Quote
Roam Posted March 16 Author Report Posted March 16 Thanks Bruce and everyone who contributed knowledge to help me learn about this blade.🙏🏻 Nothing but respect. 3 Quote
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