Type 95 Nco Sword. Real Or Fake?

[Shamsy]

I stopped doing that a long time ago Bruce. Even just assisting with identification. People want to sell the sword. So they purposely cry ‘rare’ and ‘mint’ without justification or study. Even on the board people hate news they don't like. EBay is a ticking bomb.

 

Almost all sellers of fakes put a half arsed ‘don't know much about swords. Got it decades ago from vet’ or something equally ridiculous. It's funny, this immediately tells me that they know exactly what they have but are trying to throw in some kind of plausible deniability if they get caught. Another trick is to photograph a flaw/issue but not mention it.

[Bruce Pennington]

Ok, wow! After an honest discussion with the guy, he's stated he will remove the add! I passed along my best wishes and empathy for having a repro on his hands. Rare event, and testiment to his character!

[vajo]

If you see only fake swords and you are new to this, you could be think when you see a real one, that must be fake