Ledheadforlife

Ok, thanks again for the help, I'd be lost without you guys. I'm having to look up the meaning for most of the terminology you are using. The file marks were concerning to me because I haven't seen them on any other examples I've found online(not that I've seen many examples at all since I'm brand new to the game) The sword was not advertised as a 95, that was just an uneducated guess on my part, but it WAS advertised as being an NCO, and you're saying it's most certainly not?

Sounds good, I'll come back once I have my hands on it, thanks again!

Yeah I guess those are all possibilities, thanks Bruce

Thanks so much for the info guys, ya'll are really helping me out and I appreciate it so much! Ok, so the consensus is this is a legit ww2 era sword, but it's some sort of cobbled together Heinz 57 mutt sword? Ok, not what I wanted to hear but I'll live. So Dan, you think the tsuba is Edo period, as in 1800's? So the tsuba is older than the rest of the sword? If the tsuba has been painted, what color was is originally or should it be now? How can I tell how old the blade is, or is it just sometime shortly before or during WW2? Seki-to, is that a reference to where it was made? It doesn't appear to have a blood groove, is that right? Some have it and some don't? Sorry for all the noob questions, I'll go ahead and attach some more pics below.

Hello all, brand new member here. After years of looking around and tire kicking I finally pulled the trigger last night on what I believe to be an original WW2 NCO sword, it was advertised as such in an online auction but after I won it I began to get a little paranoid. So if you gents would lend me your expertise I would be eternally grateful. I don't have it in hand yet but the seller took some pretty good pics which I'm gonna try to post below. I just wanna know the usual, is it real? What is it exactly(early war, late war, is it a 95 gunto for instance) and what's it worth. I don't know anything about these swords other than I've always wanted one. The only reason I felt comfortable bidding on it is because the seller had a couple thousand transactions on this site with near 100 percent positive feedback, but I'd like to be certain that it's the real deal. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.