Kasiopea Posted July 4, 2010 Report Posted July 4, 2010 This sword was sold to me as a WWII Navy Officers. But i am doubting that. I am in the proses of cleaning the sword up and rewrapping ito, excuse the pictures, its all taken apart:) The handle was wrapped in a basic Hineri maki style with no hishi-gami Military brown color. http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g127/ ... 010679.jpg http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g127/ ... 010681.jpg http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g127/ ... 010682.jpg - closer look. Thank you Quote
Kasiopea Posted July 4, 2010 Author Report Posted July 4, 2010 How do you figure that out? For further notice... Even if the blade is not original, could the fittings be? Quote
Mark Posted July 4, 2010 Report Posted July 4, 2010 the fittings are not WWII Japanese Navy fiitings. They look modern and are not the right color, stlye, etc Quote
Basho12 Posted July 4, 2010 Report Posted July 4, 2010 I'm fairly new, and while the more experienced members wouldn't need much more than a glance to be sure that a sword's a fake, I'm still at the stage where I need to look at specifics in a case like this, so I can name a few: 1) the shinogi line extending through the tang looks a little "wobbly." On a genuine sword this would be crisp and sharp, even on the tang. It's hard to see the mei properly, but from here it looks like it was cut with a dremel tool rather than a chisel. I haven't tried to translate it, but my bet is it wouldn't actually say anything. The kanji just looks "off. After you've seen a few more real mei, this one would jump out at you immediately. The fittings are almost certainly fake too. Quality of the koshirae aside, there's just too much going on. Several decorations that almost but not quite look like kamon. There are links from this site to sites that show authentic WWII period mountings for Army and Navy, a look at those would show why this one just doesn't fit. Quote
cabowen Posted July 4, 2010 Report Posted July 4, 2010 The writing is not correct Japanese. The quality, shape, and finish of the blade is not Japanese. The mounting is gaudy and incorrect and not Japanese.... I am sorry you were misled. Many people have been taken by these Chinese fakes.... Quote
Kasiopea Posted July 4, 2010 Author Report Posted July 4, 2010 Thanks, I guess i will be more careful next time... Basho12, i looked at some WWII swords, and i see what you are saying. So hanging on the wall is all its good for:) Oh well, its still a beautiful peace. Quote
Grey Doffin Posted July 4, 2010 Report Posted July 4, 2010 Hi, whoever you are, This time buy books and study first; then look for a sword to buy. Grey Quote
Jamie Posted July 6, 2010 Report Posted July 6, 2010 The following books will be of much use to you. Try purchasing these and look at sites that sell fine swords. There are many within the links of the board here. Samurai Sword: A Handbook ~John Yumato The Japanese Sword: A Comprehensive Guide (Japanese Arts Library) ~ Kanzan Sato The Connoisseurs Book of Japanese Swords ~ Kokan Nagayama http://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Sword-Han ... 0804805091 http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Sword-Co ... 0870115626 http://www.amazon.com/Connoisseurs-Book ... 4770020716 Quote
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