acoyauh Posted August 23, 2019 Report Posted August 23, 2019 Hello, forumers I got this tachi in my shop for cleanup, and I am very curious about the mei - with my very limited Japanese capabilities, this does not seem like a name. Maybe a 'revival' sword from the 1700's? Please your thoughts on this. The mei is difficult to read from any photos I took, so I copied the kanji for you as best as I could. My best guess would be 元文正土へ立 which either I don't understand, or is not a normal mei - seems odd... Quote
Ray Singer Posted August 23, 2019 Report Posted August 23, 2019 Appears to be a Chinese fake. http://www.jssus.org/nkp/fake_japanese_swords.html 2 Quote
acoyauh Posted August 23, 2019 Author Report Posted August 23, 2019 Thank you, Ray & Steve! It's not me then =P I considered the possibility, not just from the mei. The tachi is nicely built, but the hada is suspicious, very much like the 'damascus' swords sold in China, the grain too bold to be Japanese... Thank you for your time and knowledge, guys! Quote
tbonesullivan Posted August 28, 2019 Report Posted August 28, 2019 Someone brought a katana to me yesterday, and it had a mei, but it was all wrong, the tang was wrong, and of course the "damascus" blade told me all I needed to know before I even looked at the tang. Thankfully there is so much about Japanese swords that simply cannot be faked. Quote
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