Translation help

[centurion]

I bought recently this piece.

 

Can somebody help with the translation?

 

Thanks

[mywei]

It's a fake on many levels.

 

Sorry mate.

[Brian]

Yep. The signature is totally fake, and I suspect the sword is too. The mei doesn't resemble any real signature at all..not even close.

Post more overall pics of the sword so we can check the rest of it?

 

Brian

[george trotter]

It is not a signature.

Reading just as you have placed the pic it reads from left to right in kanji "Bu Shi" and in katakana "Su Ka Fu Mi"

which means Bushi (samurai) sukafumi...I have no idea if sukafumi means anything.

It looks like it was cut with a dremel tool by someone who knows Japanese...maybe a slogan?

 

A pic of the sword would help as the nakago looks reasonable...sword may not be a fake (from what I can see). Maybe the other side has an inscription also?

Regards,

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

A pic of the sword would help as the nakago looks reasonable

 

 

Nakago looks 100% fake

[centurion]

Here is the other side and how it looks

[Stephen]

yep your standard copy of a real Japanese sword.

[centurion]

Are the inscriptions meaningful, or says "excellent soy sauce"?

 

Leather looks quite used, and fittings on the bottom have a lot of scratches.

[george trotter]

Yes, the guys are correct...this side of the nakago looks terrible...pure fake.

the inscription is in Japanese katakana also and seems to say "I-N-Do-Ne-Shi-A" (I think, hard to read upside down-back to front) which is "Indonesia".

So...would have helped save time if we'd seen these pics at the start.

Sorry...it's a fake.

Regards,

[Guido]

Not su-ka-fu-mi, it actually says su-ka-bu-mi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukabumi

[george trotter]

not a scratch then, but part of the kana...makes sense it is Sakabumi since the other side seems to say Indonesia.

[Stephen]

Haven't keep up with the times, When did you move to Jakarta G-man?? Last i knew it was China. Increases my theory that your a secret agent man all that much more.

 

[Guido]

http://weather.jp.msn.com/local.aspx?we ... 6%E3%83%9F

[Guido]

Haven't keep up with the times, When did you move to Jakarta G-man?? Last i knew it was China. Increases my theory that your a secret agent man all that much more.

 

I moved to Indonesia more than a year ago for the sole purpose of learning some silent deadly techniques, like killing with a paper clip. But it seems they're onto me, since the video link you posted is blocked:

[Stephen]

LOL ah the land of censor.

[Guido]

Maybe I should teach them a lesson ...?

[centurion]

So Indonesia and Sukabumi in Japanaese?

 

Why would somebody put indonesian messages on fake sword?

 

The sword looks used in the lower metal fitting with lots of scratches like it was often used and weared, and the leather looks old too.

[Jean]

Andreja,

Your guess is as good as mine, mine being : to make this topic last :D

[ROKUJURO]

So Indonesia and Sukabumi in Japan(a)ese? Why would somebody put Indonesian messages on a fake sword? The sword looks used in the lower metal fitting with lots of scratches like it was often used and worn, and the leather looks old too.

Andreja,

 

these swords are made by people who have never seen a Japanese sword close enough to be able to copy it, and they are bought by people who know Japanese swords only from bad movies. So everything fits fine, I think.

 

Scratches are generally not a safe sign of being genuine and Japanese, and 'old' is not a precise term in connection with NIHONTO. Can we agree that it is a sword? Then that is all you can say about it.