Need translation help on my friends sword, its old and its authentic.

[Gbolor]

Please help translating all the kanji as its old and i cannot understand it. Thank you.

Its a full lenght katana.

[Nobody]

It looks a typical Chinese fake.

[PNSSHOGUN]

This is a modern chinese fake, suitable for display but by no means authentic in any way.

[ROKUJURO]

In my opinion, it should not be displayed. 

[TETSUGENDO]

It's not the type of thing anyone with a genuine interest in nihonto would enjoy looking at, on the contrary.   The tsuba is terrifying, one of the ugliest objects I can recall seeing in recent memory.   If your friend has any aspirations of acquiring a genuine sword, I'd suggest he rids himself of this unfortunate distraction.    If he has no real interest in Nihonto, but feels compelled to display this....a poorly lit wall, shelf, or corner would be ideal.

 

-S-

[raynor]

Fittings aside, the lack of work and aged rust on the nakago and sloppy signature are big red flags. As said a very obvious modern fake.

 

Depending on the balance it can be fun for slicing air in the back yard. Never try to cut anything harder then air when the workmanship is questionable.

[ROKUJURO]

Omar,

what if the blade goes flying because of the poor workmanship of the handle? There are terryfying videos of this on YouTube. My advice: bury it deep, or have a new handle made for TAMESHIGIRI. Of course, you never know what the blade itself can stand!

[Gbolor]

Ok, thank you for your timely responses. I will let him know.