mei help

[eugene walton]

this I think is, seki- taisho era , 1912-1926 , it looks to be hand forged and watter temperd, but someone with a buffer "cleaned it up" the third kanji I could`t get

[eugene walton]

heres the third

[mike yeon]

I don't know. Could be the picture quality but something about the mei/yasurimei/nakago does not look right. The yasurimei looks too uniform/deep. And the mei (though I could be wrong looks like gibberish at first glance).

 

I hope I'm wrong but are you sure it's not a chinese fake?

 

mike

[eugene walton]

it seems to well made to be a fake, also it has the shape of a sword that may have been in a kyu-gunto. :|

[stekemest]

A picture of the kissaki could help to judge if it's a fake or not. The nakago looks strange to me, too...

[mike yeon]

I'm going to go with "not traditional nihonto". The lines don't look right. Having been buffed, this could alter things but the nakago and mei (which I think reads "something, DAI MASA?") just don't look right.

 

My 2 cents. Hope I'm wrong. Can you post a pict of the entire nakago?

 

mike

[eugene walton]

[QuangD]

eugene walton,

 

The sword look mumei to me...the signature is added on later....Someone thought it could sell better if there is a mei go on the tang. He/she could add the signature on the tang.. That is my opinion.

 

Quang

[mike yeon]

How long is the nakago? It looks super long.... And the nagasa? Still looks like a repro to me.

 

mike

[eugene walton]

27cm

[mike yeon]

So almost 11 inches. Definitely not made for a kyu-gunto. How long is the nagasa?

 

mike

[eugene walton]

27cm=10 7/16in , nagasa-70cm-27 9/16in...e-bay item #220103363418, now

[Stephen]

it would be big stretch for showa to....no doubt a repo .

[Mark]

could this be a Paul Chen, or similar sword? the width of the nakago looks strange when compared with the blade width (reminds me of Hankei ). The blade looks better than a modern Chinese copy but some of the "martial arts" practical swords i have seen have temper and reasonable shape.

 

Mark Jones

[mike yeon]

could this be a Paul Chen, or similar sword?

 

I think the habaki was made to look antique. So don't think this is the case.

 

mike

[eugene walton]

I was awere the fittings are new,

[mike yeon]

I'm not a fittings or production sword guy but isn't that a paul chen tsuba?

 

mike

[eugene walton]

no it`s copper, P.C. are all steel

[Ken-Hawaii]

The rust pattern isn't at all consistent, either, so I doubt that it's "real" by Nihonto standards. The mei also looks almost too perfect, even if I can't translate it.

 

I wonder why anyone would try to disguise/mimic/masquerade a sword with an otherwise authentic-looking nagasa?

[eugene walton]

the seller claimed to have purchesed this sword in seki city Japan