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Another W marked Katana Bruce.

Found this Katana on a dealers site Bruce with the w stamp which may be of interest.

Here you go John. Do you have any idea of how many swords he may of made in WW2 ?.

I have a Yoshiharu signed sword also, the condition is very similar to yours, but the number looks like 102, and it also has the strange W marking.

Another fake I think. https://www.bygoneblades.com/buy-Japanese-type-95-nco-sword-matching-numbers-2209006

Here's the W stamp on my Yoshiharu sword.

Ok thanks for that Bill glad I didn't pay a lot for it but as a matter of interest what give's it away as being a fake. Mike

Brought this knot a while ago took a chance if it was genuine any thoughts on it anyone.

Here's a nice Chinese replica for comparison. http://www.dhgate.com/product/Japanese- ... 53920.html

Thats who i thought the swordsmith was in the begining Yoshiharu that is, but my knowledge is little on Japanese swords. Anyhow any idea what the little w stamping means Chris ?. Sabre

Looks like the swordsmith is Yoshitsugu as lanes armoury has a Officers katana with the exact same signiture. I checked it with them and they said they sent pics to Tokyo to get it identified so i assume it must be correct. Sabre

Ok will do Jean. Mike

Looked at Military sword section looks the sword could be by Yoshitani or Yoshiharu.Would a bad signitue indicate a second class smith ? Also read that the W" stamp was on blades made by Takehisa and Haruhisa ?

The site was http://www.japanesesword.com, under recently sold items quite a long way down the page.

Thanks for your help everyone although it gets more confusing. Anyhow found the pic with a sword that was for sale on a web site also had the little w mark also.(see pics)