francantolin

Hello, pfiouuu ! Good news !! Thank you all for precious informations about mei signature, kanjis ,and same !! I'll post other ( better ) pictures of the blade. Thanks a lot !! Franco

Hello everybody, I'm a new member, live in Switzerland and like Japanese swords ( and indo persian ) I post some pictures of a Japanese gunto, it seems a real one but not sure because there is a lot of ''good'' replicas... The seller sold it for not much money: 1. he was not sure 100% if real... 2. The blade is not really sharp, seems unforged ( no visible hamon ) and with little rust. 3. the samegawa seems made of plastic ( put on wood ) ( I read it exist in real Japanese gunto ) All pieces ( tsuba...) have the same stamps: 20 , the habaki is not marked ( good ! ) Maybe anybody can read and translate the kanjis on the tang ? In another forum, for the signature,they told me about Kanenori Mei , for other members it's a just a copy ... I think it is a showa period semi ''industrial'' blade there is another 2 signs on the scabbard ( cf pictures ). ( inside the scabbard ''classic'' wooden structure ). Thank you,