Possible Ww2 Sword

[Arno67]

Hello

What do you think of this sword

 

Thanks to advance for your answers

 

Best regards

[Arno67]

More photos

[vajo]

Genuine Shingunto. Looks like a Wakizashi (could be shinshinto), nagasa around 50 cm? Habaki looks interesting. Overall good condition.

 

Mei: on the first view Uda kuni mune 宇多國宗

[lonely panet]

100% genuine shingunto. 

 

blade IMHO looks older then shinshinto. I think with the the saki-zori and heavy appearance its late koto.

 

but what would I know " I talk out my ass " according to some

[dwmc]

Probably know a lot more than you give yourself credit for Hamfish. I agree, looks to my eyes much older than Shinshinto, perhaps late Muromachi period?

 

Odd kanji character for Kuni, also, Mei doesn't seem to match the Nakago age patina appearance...

[Arno67]

Yes the nagasa measured 53 cm

Thanks all for the answers

so if I understand correctly the blade is older? And the mei is Ida kuni ?

[vajo]

The mei reads Uda xx mune

 

maybe Kuni. 

 

The smith was active around late muromachi, but i dont think that the mei is genuine. The Uda school swords looks more different from this. 

About the nakago, the patination is not deep as i would expect it for a muromachi or early shinto blade. So i think the blade is more later. 

 

The sword looks nice. If you check the signature maybe it is another smith? The blade is well made. In a new polish it would be look very good.

[Arno67]

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[PNSSHOGUN]

That Mei does not look genuine.

[Arno67]

why put a genuine mei of a good blade ?

And what is the period of the blade ? ww2 ?

The sword is good and this is good news for me

 

Thanks all

[Brian]

Blade is much earlier than WW2.
Sword is genuine. There are many fake signatures...more than real ones. But your sword is still real and it was common to add false signatures.

[Yukihiro]

Look up the word "gimei" on the Internet and you'll get a full explanation of that practice.

[vajo]

Arno your sword is a older blade in a WW2 Koshirae. It was very common to bring a old "family" blade into the war. You will find much informations about this here in the military thread. Care for the sword, it is a good one. But dont care about the signature. It is a nice feature for the sword but it is false (gimei). 

[Arno67]

Ok

Thanks all and Merry christmas

[Bruce Pennington]

What do you guys think of the habaki? Post-war? Did they make habaki like this?

[vajo]

Boars eye habaki. Looks well made in my opinion.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Probably the original Habaki, it may have been mounted as a Tachi at one point before WW2.

[Arno67]

Hello 

it’s New photos of the katana , it’s polished

 

[John C]

Looks great! Did you ever get the name of the smith confirmed?

John C.

[Arno67]

No

It’s gimei 

[Seth]

Beautiful sword, congratulations. Did you have shirasaya made for it? Mind me asking who you had polish it?

[Arno67]

It was polished by a person living in France 

no i have thé koshirae of ww2