Need help once again!

[jbennet3200]

Hi, you guys have helped me out previously with a translation and i recently picked this one up very cheap. Thanks in advance.

 

[cabowen]

Not surprised to hear it was cheap as it is Chinese....Signed Yamamoto Ichiro

[Brian]

Yep..a fake. And not a good one either. Immediately apparent from the nakago pic. More study.

 

Brian

[jbennet3200]

Thanks alot guys, i just got this as a cheap display piece so I'm not too worried about it. Can anyone tell me exactly what it says though?

[Bruno]

Chris already translated what it says.

[jbennet3200]

ah ok sorry about that. Does anyone know what type of steel they used for these repros?

[David Flynn]

Chinese :D

[Grey Doffin]

Hi, name please,

Your asking about the steel leads me to wonder if you plan to cut with this sword. If that's so best not to. A poorly made blade can shatter in a cut and the pieces become shrapnel; you can get seriously damaged.

Grey

[jbennet3200]

no not at all, I'm just curious as it has a weird pattern.

[Jean]

Name is J Bennet as indicated

[sencho]

no not at all, I'm just curious as it has a weird pattern.

 

It is Chinese crap, so it could be made out of any old junk/scrap steel... old car chassis, bits of demolished building... then someone took a dremel to it and carved some not so convincing characters..

 

Hopefully you will display it in the trash bin!

 

Cheers.

[Bugyotsuji]

The Japanese call them "Supuringu-to" which describes old car leaf springs which could be and often were beaten out into swords.

http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=leaf+s ... 24&bih=579