Type 95 Identification

[TRIBUIANNNI]

Please,

We have a Japanese military sword and we should like to know if it is real or fake, and so, to identify it ?

Thank you to all of us for your help.

Cordially, D. H

[lonely panet]

shocking fake

[Brian]

I think the shocking mechanism has been removed from this one...but yes..a fake unfortunately

[Shamsy]

It's a little different to the usual Chinese fakes, so my guess is Indian or Pakistan as the origins. There is a long list of tell tale signs but best one is lack of quality. Even as my poor NCO get looked down upon, one must admit that as a piece of working military hardware they are very well built to high quality specifications. This is aweful. They at least have the To stamp on the blade more or less correct (but wrong size, wrong font, wrong side of numbers and incorrect orientation) but the others are pure fantasy.

 

The list of other give aways is huge mate, I'll leave the rest to others if they feel the need to elaborate.

[Kai-Gunto]

Very easy to spot its a fake. The casting of the handle, screams.

[jeep44]

Study the close-ups of Type 95's in this album, and compare them to this fake:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58451159@N00/albums/72157634646684020