Meanmonkey777

Thank you, everyone. I am new at this, and still am trying to pin down what to be looking for. Thank you, John DeHaven By the way, the mean monkey, refers to the "evil monkey" from the TV show the Family Guy. I have a custom rear window sticker of it on my 72 chevelle SS. For any of you car people out there. Thanks again!

I have been reading up and studing. I am wanting to see if I am on the right path for what to look for in a sword. The art work is questionable, but the cloth wrap and blade struck my eye. Feed back? And yes its an Ebay one... I know the 99.99% rule. About .01% are real. And for those of you who saw my last post. I used the link with the same sword, and went after the guy with pay pal. Hopefully they get rid of the Jerk.

I was looking at the sword Gaijin had up, and every thing was exactly the same.

I trust your judgement. This was a sword that was bought in WA state from Japan. I usualy talke what I find to experects in that area. Wether it be a 128 cts plum star sapphire or a WWII hand crafted oil forged sword. The blade looked right on target. Going by the info provided. Now if the blades decoration is crap. That is good to know. The important part is the blade its self. They claimed it was oil forged, with a shark skin wrap. Even though they claimed it was gold, sliver and brass inlay with the sword. It held blanced. Now if it was off center I wouldnt put it on here. This is where I am runing into problems. Is this a smith, or crap.

thank you for the insight. I am new at this. If we where talking gemstones I would just as concided. The one thing that has thrown me off is the other two swords I bought where found orignal, but did not have the ballance that this sword has. Grandted the art work could be improved. however the sword has this unique balance that no other sword that I have come in contact with has. even more odd the imperal lotus flower is placed exactly right where the right and left hands would grasp the sword if an individual was right handed. The WWII sword that I bought was confirmed to be orignal non Nco,probally a majors sword. The other is loose but has the faint cloud and high polish. I would of discarded this sword if it did fit and hold as well as it did. I grasped the three lotus on the top and three on the bottom and it was the direct center of gravity of the sword. Now being new, is this a comon trick in fake swords?

I recently bought a sword at auction it was dated from 1850-1899. Attached are the img with the writting. Is it jibberish or a poor/good fake, or real? any help?