WWII M95 NCO Sword Opinions Comments Wanted

[mds308]

Hi to all.  I'm new here so be gentle.  I have been buying and selling collectibles, antiques and militaria for almost 30 years.  This is the first NCO sword I have purchased and looks to be one of the cleanest I have seen.  This came from an estate sale with no history available.  This sale had no militaria other than this sword.  The scabbard looks really good.  Blade looks really good with a small blemish near the Kissaki.  Some color loss to the aluminum Tsuka but nothing horrible.  I have yet to remove the Tsuka.  Numbers match.  Was it common for these to have a dull blade?  This one appears to have never been sharpened.  Feel free to ask for other images if needed.  Opinions and comments are greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance for your help.  

[BANGBANGSAN]

 

Unfortunately, this is not original Type 95 NCO sword, it's a copy.

[mds308]

What are the tell tale signs?  Thank you.

[BANGBANGSAN]

6 minutes ago, mds308 said:

What are the tell tale signs?  Thank you.

Please study this link http://ohmura-study.net/790.html

It's very useful

[Bruce Pennington]

Wow, Trystan, the stamps are very good!  It if weren't for the bad blade issues, I'd have fallen for this one.

 

MIchael,

the bohi (fuller groove) is wrong, the blade tip is very close, but wrong.  The numbering looks wrong.  Certain fine points about the scabbard throat and handle

[Bruce Pennington]

For example, this is what an Iijima, Kokura, blade tip looks like:

 

[mds308]

Thanks Bruce.  Definitely not my first mistake and I'm certain it won't be my last.  I'm not out too much money but it's more of a hit to my ego.  Another education from the school of hard knocks.  Are these recent or were they made some years ago?  From China?   

[Bruce Pennington]

39 minutes ago, mds308 said:

Are these recent

By the quality of the stamps, I'd say pretty recent.  The older ones have really bad stamps.  There have been some posts recently of one of the Chinese factories that are cranking these out, and they are improving, sadly.

[BANGBANGSAN]

39 minutes ago, mds308 said:

Thanks Bruce.  Definitely not my first mistake and I'm certain it won't be my last.  I'm not out too much money but it's more of a hit to my ego.  Another education from the school of hard knocks.  Are these recent or were they made some years ago?  From China?   

I Heard this version is from India, a lot better than this Chinese one.

[Bruce Pennington]

Just now, BANGBANGSAN said:

from India

Yes, I keep forgetting about the other sources.  I remember Shamsy showed us some Polish very good replicas.

[BANGBANGSAN]

8 minutes ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Yes, I keep forgetting about the other sources.  I remember Shamsy showed us some Polish very good replicas.

Yes，the Polish version is also good.