Help Identifying A Sword

[Den1884]

Hello!

 

Could some please help me determine the origins of this sword? The Scabbard is metal with a wooden lining and the blade length is 70 cm. Someone has tried to home sharpen it causing quite a bit of damage. I can't find ny other examples online especially the acid? etched serial number?

 

Thanks for any advice

 

 

Leo

[Ray Singer]

Appears to be a Chinese/SE Asian fake.

[vajo]

Worse fake sword. Looks very ugly.

[raaay]

yip, sorry it is a very poor quality fake indeed .

[Bruce Pennington]

The serial numbers in the blade are a sure mark of a fake. Without the numbers and kanji on the blade, they might have tried to pass it off as an island sword.

[Den1884]

Thanks very much for the advice, I wonder what sword they were trying to imitate, Sin Gunto Type 98?

[Bruce Pennington]

Yes “shingunto”. But their effort truly was a “sin!”

[BANGBANGSAN]

FAKE

[Bruce Pennington]

Interesting. I just came across another post on Warrelics of another fake sword with the same blade etchings and serial number. Clearly a different sword with different koshirae, but obviously the same blade maker using maybe a template for the blade etchings.