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Yes sir, I am dipping my toes in the water in order to find well made examples later in life. I have a well abused gendaito and a gunto as well as a select few Chinese made replica swords which are perfect for Iaido and learning to spot fakes. Even a hastily made wartime sword shows a distinction in quality, even in the best replicas. This is a reason why I purchased this, the faux aged replicas still don't get this detailed. I hope to find a particular, papered Nihonto in the near future. I have a budget for books and small "learning" purchases while researching and saving. Thank you, Jim D.

I looked carefully at the tsuba today and decided that it was grime inside the mons which made it look cast. I borrowed a camera from work which works better and cleaned it up more. Jim Duell

Interesting, why would someone add the mons at a later time, I wonder? I've handled a lot of Chinese replicas and have never seen one with sekigane so I figured this was at least going to be a decent mystery piece to own! Thank you, Jim Duell

Thank you for the replies. I found it on a table of homemade jewelry and curios at a Curiosity Shoppe on a far out island in the San Juan's in Washington over the weekend. It was such an odd place to find anything Nihonto related that I couldn't resist picking it up, if even just for a souvenir of the trip. The discovery part of making this type of purchase is worth almost as much as the items to me! Thanks again, Jim

I apologize again for the bad quality. I replaced the pictures with better ones I hope. Thank you, Jim Duell

I found this at a curio shop while vacationing with my wife over the weekend in a completely unlikely spot. I bought as a memento of the trip and not a serious investment. It is quite rough, is it real? I saw the sekigane and took a chance. Any info would be very interesting! Thank you! Sincerely, Jim Duell Everett, WA, USA Sorry for the poor pics, my camera does bad close-ups.

Pretty well actually, better than a few Chinese copies I own. The inside of the scabbard does look it is getting worn though. Thank you, Jim D.

Wow, I just searched him and found another NCO sword that he did. This very cool stuff. I wanted to get into Gunto just to get a feel for judging blades before spending huge amounts of cash on the older ones. I'm not sure if the unsigned one is cold blued or not. I hope its an original. Thank you, Jim D.

This is my 1st post here, so I hope this is OK to ask. I did read through the Fake link on top, yet still am not sure of what I have here. I got these in a trade yesterday and hope I did OK. They are supposed to be an Officers Sword and the other is unknown. I am hoping someone here might be able to help confirm if they are authentic or not. I'm not going to ask for values as I am afraid to hear just how badly I will pay for being impulsive. Thank you! Thank you for looking! Jim D.