hi Any ideas on this blade

[alaen0]

hi this is a traditional made sword nihonto or a maching made help please

___________

alaen

[jason_mazzy]

Looks to be a machine made, possibly oil quenched blade. is there any activity at all?

 

edit* though a couple spots look forged, can I get closeups? at best i would say hand finished not traditional.

is there anything on the other side of that nakago?

[sanjuro]

Is there a number in arabic numerals on the other side of this blade just above the habaki? Lets rule out the obvious pitfalls first -This looks very much like an NCO blade to me. I have however been known to make the odd mistake....... :D

[nagamaki - Franco]

"First impression" is stainless steel blade. Use NMB search under Military swords of Japan as there have been numerous comments on the subject of stainless steel war era blades.

[Tsugio Kawakami]

Looks like it may have been polished/buffed with some kind of compound.

[Daniel]

Hi it isn´t an Nco since the nakago on those look different. Regards Daniel

[cabowen]

If it were stainless the nakago would not have this type of rust on it.....

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Alaen,

In my opinion: at best made from western steel (not from tamahagane and not folded) and water quenched. At worst the same steel and oil quenched. Some hand work went into the blade but it is far from true Nihonto.

Grey

[chi fan wong]

to my inexperienced eye, the nakago looks to be very well shaped. it even reminds me of some of the nakago found on yasukuni blades. the yasurime seems fine, even and pretty parallel all with a slight slant. at least that part of the sword doesnt seem to be poorly made.

 

cf

[jason_mazzy]

Hi Alaen,

In my opinion: at best made from western steel (not from tamahagane and not folded) and water quenched. At worst the same steel and oil quenched. Some hand work went into the blade but it is far from true Nihonto.

Grey

 

 

This is what I suspect also

[Mark Green]

To me, it looks like a well made modern-steel blade. perhaps made in China, or Spain. It does look to be tempered. Perhaps even water quenched?

I have seen dozens that look just like this. Can we see the fittings? That would likely tell us.

Mark G

[jason_mazzy]

Mark the habaki seems very thick and well made for a china reproduction to me, second the tang is finished with the right seki smith file marks, and third that little black stain seems to me to be the same ones found on many of those world war 2 era blades .

[alaen0]

thank you all agree with you this sword was about to buy it on ebay I seemed to be real but a little odd wash color does not convinced me, not tamahagane forged and has nothing on the other side of nakago Mumei seems NCO or paul chen this is the number on ebay Item number: 290489943115 thanks for you help

[jason_mazzy]

looks western steel forged in the pics on the auction.