geronimo95

San Francisco is a great city. August could be a great trip!

Art I hear you loud and clear. I'very declined the local sword. My hesitation is purelying financial. I'very seen the sale forum here and clearly to follow your advice will require a larger investment than I can currently give.

So what I'm hearing loud and clear is that I can do better with my money if I can just be patient..... I'very been looking in your sales forum and I can see the quality of the swords but the prices are also quite intimidating So if anyone has a half decent ww2 sword just lurking on the edge of their collection please don't hesitate to send me a message.

Not the right shape? If I buy this I don't think I would try to fix it. I would just oil it correctly to halt any corrosion and leave it as is.

At this point my goal is to have a Japanese sword from the ww2 period. In the future I'm sure my interests will focus more narrowly and if at that point I can resell this sword for what I paid for it then I'm good with that. I just need something authentic which I can hold and wave around and show my friends and go from there. So not the greatest sword but then again not a big investment either....

Your honesty is appreciated. You've given me lots to think about. For 600$ I think it's a pretty good entry level Japanese sword but I should think about exactly what I want and not impulse buy it. And terms....showato means non traditionally made sword (power hammers, oil quenching) and as such can be a good sword but not one for the purists....correct?

I have a chance to go get this sword for what is an excellent price (if it is what it says it is). It's a bit of a trip, an hour drive and 90 minutes on a ferry. Apparently it's a sword forged in 1941 by Kanemich I found an example of the tang markings of Kanemich and the markings look very close to me but I'm not an expert. Right away I can see better characteristics but thought I would benefit from asking here and I know you guys love looking at pics of swords so...

Thanks for fantastic advice. The guy selling the swords told me that he was given these swords back in the 80s buy the wife of a deceased friend of his who was a collector uh huh i thanked him for the pictures and told him that based on features seen in the photos I wouldn't be buying the swords.

Thank you all for your contribution to my education and for helping me avoid a financial debacle. Knowing these are fake I took another good look at this pics and this is what I saw 1) low quality castings 2) is that acid etching on the blades? 3) The engraving on the tangs looks like it was ground out with the rotary tool rather than stamped out with a chisel how am i doing so far?

and of course sword 2 Thank you very much. I hope these swords are legit and I hope to collect more and learn more Jeremy

Firstly Thank you for welcoming me to your community. I'm a long time lurker of Japanese swoprds but have never bought one until now because I'm worried about fakes. I've got a chance here but I don't want to make a mistake Please help me Sword 1