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Post by days33 on Dec 31, 2023 2:00:08 GMT
Hello guys. Thank you so much for keeping our little history students active and putting this out for people. I was recently cleaning my storage and found this. My grandpa gave it to me a long time ago and I wasn’t really into it but now since my hands got to it I would like to know what exactly is this, when it was made and by who? I’m pretty sure those are blood stains on it and also the signature. Thank you so much for your information
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Post by noneed2hate on Dec 31, 2023 2:32:30 GMT
Sorry to say it has all the indications of being a Chinese made fake. Also those aren't blood stains, just plain old rust/patination. As far the signature is concerned, it looks to be just gibberish, random strokes and parts of characters thrown together into a random amalgamation, no self respecting smith would sign their work like that I'd recommend this resource for determining fakes from real Japanese blades as reference - www.jssus.org/nkp/fake_japanese_swords.html
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Post by chrisparkes on Dec 31, 2023 2:56:05 GMT
Furthermore, the patina appears to be chemically forced and does not resemble the deeper patination found on authentic steel antiques. Patina, blade profile, ito, samegawa, fittings... all areas of this object point it being a workshop fake made to con or amuse tourists. If curiosity gets the better of you; consider knocking out the mekugi peg and removing the tsuka handle. Further confirmation will be revealed beneath the wooden core.
You may want to keep it as a memento but outside of this it has no educational or material value. Apologies.
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