Real Or Memorex?

[Stephen]

Are they getting that good?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-WW2-Army-High-Quality-GUNTO-Sword-KATANA-KOSHIRAE-SAMURAI-/141932389685?hash=item210bd46535:g:vJsAAOSwll1Wzrtx

[vajo]

It is totally polished

 

It must look like this way.

 

 

But it looks like pure copper.

 

[vajo]

For me it looks like genuine. With that zelluloid same. 

[Bruce Pennington]

Stephen,

 

The parts look legit. The tsuba matches Ohmura's 'middle type' here:http://ohmura-study.net/905.html

 

Not sure about the paint. The "copper" is really paint over brass parts. I agree the color is off, so it was an end of war korshirae, never used, paint different because of the stage of the war, or my guess is totally repainted by new owner in Taiwan.

 

I haven't heard problems with Taiwan before, but personally I wouldn't buy anything coming from China.

[Kai-Gunto]

Looks good to me.

[Johnny Barracuda]

The ashi looks fake and artificially aged and I am rather circumspect about the copper paint / brass fittings.

 

I would say very good fake.

[obiwanknabbe]

Going to agree with Johnny barracuda on this one..  Its   off....   i have seen perfectly clean Gunto before and this looks pieced together and fudged. 

 

 

kurt

[vajo]

I'm 100% sure its not fake. It's a real Typ98 Koshirae. Some parts are painted but in all real and genuine. Take a look on the fuchi photo. You see some of the original color.

[Stephen]

agree with the painted, gave it a closer look, gold paint on the fuchi

 

[vajo]

I meant that photo Stephen.

 

Look inside. Right above.

 

[Stephen]

same same the foto i showed where the gold went off line of fuchi edge and on to flower...anyway think we cracked it

 

ORG re painted.

[SwordGuyJoe]

ORG re painted.

That would be my vote as well.