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  1. Scott JM
    I'm no expert but this looks like a Shinto Wakizashi that was beaten up and the tsuka broke in half, probably when someone was beating it up. Still looks restorable though. ---Scott.
  2. Scott JM
    It looks to me to be Japanese at least, mostly from the alternating wrap and shape of the blade, but is probably more something just for show. Pretty neat though. --Scott M.
  3. Scott JM
    Was it kanji that was mostly removed a long time ago and only these traces are left?---Scott M.
  4. Scott JM
    Am I just being paranoid or do those auction blades look oil tempered? I'm not seeing alot of hamon activity there. ---Scott M.
  5. Scott JM
    I know others will probably echo this, but I really think it's best to start with books. I fortunately was too young and poor to afford to waste any real money on actual swords, and had to buy and thoroughly read books about swords before I could actually buy one. I think this saved me alot of money and disappointment. --Scott M.
  6. Scott JM
    With no mekugi-ana or habaki, this is the dress version, so doubtful it would have been used in any combat capacity. ---Scott M.
  7. Scott JM
    I once received as a gift a very nice parade Kyu gunto that was in an umbrella stand at one of my college professors' houses. I was there visiting, and he said I could keep it if I wanted, and that his father brought it back from the war. It was a good day. ---Scott M.
  8. Scott JM
    I have purchased from Andy before and was quite pleased. Very safe and satisfying buying from him.---Scott M.
  9. Scott JM
    Beautiful, I love these. Thank you. ---Scott.
  10. Scott JM
    Maybe I'm seeing things but I see grain and hamon there. Nakago shape, color, and how the width of this compares to the rest of the blade would be nice to see though. ---Scott.
  11. Scott JM
    To me this looks like a bad fake. Although the ito is very worn, there are signs that it has been wound wrong, and everything else looks wrong. My one word to describe this would be 'eeeewww.' ---Scott.
  12. Scott JM
    If I'm not mistaken, I have seen this reproduction before and for quite some time. It's almost as if it's a kind of 'standard' reproduction for kyu gunto. ---Scott.
  13. Scott JM
    Sorry but this is a reproduction. Everything about this whole package is off when compared to real kyu gunto. ----Scott.
  14. Scott JM
    My money would be on this being a showato, from the signature and looks of the hamon and boshi. I'm sorry if this was already covered but was there a check for any stamps? Some are rather small and/or faint. ---Scott.
  15. Scott JM
    If the hammered over pin at the end of the pommel is still intact and unmolested, then it is highly unlikely the blade is not genuine and much more likely it is original and genuine as the rest of the ensemble. ---Scott.
  16. Scott JM
    This appears to me to be altogether too crude and unrefined to be any kind of Japanese sword. Perhaps a Victorian era decorative sword? ---Scott.
  17. Scott JM
    For what it's worth I think you did rather well. ---Scott.
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