Identifying WW2 Shin Gunto sword

[philosopher38]

Hey guys, I'm kinda new to the forum but I've been searching all over the net on how to identify if a Shin Gunto sword is real or fake. I read some other topics and comments and found most of you guys are pretty legit. So here goes, can you guys help, I'm almost 99% sure it's a fake but it's always nice to be reassured.

[philosopher38]

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[Mark]

your 99% is 100% correct, it is a fake, sorry

[philosopher38]

Could you possibly explain why it is a fake. That way I like know for sure and don't have to bother anyone anymore. Also My father insists it's real and I just need to show him why it isn't

[Mark]

it is sort of a matter of experiance... if you look around the web there is a lot of information, google "fake Japanese sword", there is info on thos site, Grey (a member) has a lot of info on his eBay page, there is no habaki (not Japanese), the handle looks to be brass, like an NCO sword, Japanese did not make a brass handled NCO (they did a copper handle). The groove is not in the right place etc etc etc

[Grey Doffin]

Here is a link to my side by side of real and fake:

http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... d=greyguy0

Not many of the details of your sword will be shown on my page; I think maybe your fake is older and different from the many that show up all over ebay now. But your sword is a fake; pretty much everything about it is wrong.

Grey

[BenoitD]

This is a really bad sword.

Not only a fake but one of the worst I have seen.

 

Go to Ohmura site and study, study, study ...

Good luck.

 

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_002.htm

 

Benoit D