What Is This?

[C4cc]

Hey I recently got this as a present from a friend, I was wondering if anyone could help me identify if it is real or what it is?

 

[b.hennick]

The sword is a poor quality copy of a Japanese sword.

[C4cc]

Oh Cool! I thought as much? is it chinese then? what marks it as being poor quality? Bar it's age, he found it in an antique shop like that, I was also wondering what is says in the gold paint? Is what it looks like

[Ken-Hawaii]

Hello, & welcome to the forum. What you have is a genuine Chinese fake sword, my friend. I've seen a lot of them, but yours is the first I've seen with the brass inlay on the blade. There's a good section on fake swords at http://jssus.org/nkp/fake_japanese_swords.html, & you'll see one just like yours about a quarter of the way down. Many of our members started with fake blades, though, & are now educated enough to keep from buying them...most of the time. The Chinese are getting really good these days at making fakes that are darn hard to tell. Buying good reference books & lots of studying should keep you from making too many mistakes.

 

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Ken

[C4cc]

Is this better for the sig? And Oh well, I'll be sure to tell him! still would make a nice wall hanger I think! and it's not inlay at all, but like paint almost, you can see the grain pattern under it. Also how do they get them so old looking?

[C4cc]

Anyhow if this topic is still open once I get home from Uni I'll take some pics of the tang, if you all would be kind enough to help me translate anything on it to figure out just what they were trying to Fake!

[PNSSHOGUN]

Yes, nothing more than a wallhanger. I'd be interested too, they often have some funny things on them.

[SAS]

It is not Japanese, but not necessarily a fake.....other countries have versions of swords that resemble katana, yet are not. Both China and Korea historically have similar swords.