Flak41 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 Have been offered this sword, is this the real thing or just another copy? Thanks in advance, Fabian Quote
loiner1965 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 chinese copy.....just look at the folding in the tang which as been artificially rusted Quote
Flak41 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Posted January 23, 2009 OK, thanks, just asking because some of the characters seem to match Japanese writing. Quote
Grey Doffin Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 Fabian, Some of the characters match Japanese writing because they are used in both the Japanese & Chinese languages. Kanji means "Chinese characters" in Japanese. If you want to own a real Japanese sword and you didn't know if this sword is real or not, then you need to spend some time with books and at sword shows before you buy a sword. At your current level of knowledge you stand as good a chance of buying junk as you do of buying something worth owning. Study, Grasshopper. Grey Quote
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