PNSSHOGUN Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 Word of warning, this joker just graduated from dumba** university with honors: https://www.ebay.com/itm/394043571623?hash=item5bbed3bda7:g:YF4AAOSwTOtiZEY1 "This piece is all original! NOT A REPRODUCTION! Even though these Type 95 Shin Gunto's are machine made, they are of the highest quality, especially versions 1 & 2!! There are multiple documented instances where a Japanese officer took their Katana and cut the barrel of a US machine gun in half! You can understand how this is possible after feeling how light yet strong these works of art are!" 1 2 1 Quote
robinalexander Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 Couldnt help it...reported to Ebay fraudulent listing! Some poor 'b' may be ripped off. Quote
Brian Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 So do we start categorizing them into Pakistan, Chinese, Thai....etc fakes now? 1 Quote
Sansei Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 To help newbies spot these fakes, perhaps a list of the obvious things to look for that make it clear? Some fakes are easier to spot than others. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 One of the guys was starting a document for that purpose. Can't remember who that was. Love the claim that someone had sliced a rifle barrel in two with a Type 95! Maybe it was a Fake M-1!!! 1 1 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 5:51 PM, Bruce Pennington said: One of the guys was starting a document for that purpose. Can't remember who that was. Love the claim that someone had sliced a rifle barrel in two with a Type 95! Maybe it was a Fake M-1!!! Expand I read it was a Nihonto and a 50cal. TV has done more bad than good .....Ninja. 1 Quote
ChrisW Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 Yikes. This old piece of propaganda again? It'd be nice if we could find some documentation on the exact origin of this myth so it'd be quick to disprove with a simple reference to a document. Does anyone know what document this myth first appeared in? All I know is that it was started around WWII by the Japanese to show how their superior steel could beat the "Evil American machine gun," which is also made of extremely tough steel... Anyone who knows anything about metallurgy knows that steel on steel contact never ends well. Also that fake is an eyesore, weird angles all over! Sheesh. Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 7:47 PM, ChrisW said: Yikes. This old piece of propaganda again? It'd be nice if we could find some documentation on the exact origin of this myth so it'd be quick to disprove with a simple reference to a document. Does anyone know what document this myth first appeared in? All I know is that it was started around WWII by the Japanese to show how their superior steel could beat the "Evil American machine gun," which is also made of extremely tough steel... Anyone who knows anything about metallurgy knows that steel on steel contact never ends well. Also that fake is an eyesore, weird angles all over! Sheesh. Expand It's a silly argument but they tried it. https://mythresults.com/episode64 1 Quote
ChrisW Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 8:26 PM, Baba Yaga said: It's a silly argument but they tried it. https://mythresults.com/episode64 Expand I remember watching that episode in high school actually! I know that probably dates me. Quote
Stephen Posted April 24, 2022 Report Posted April 24, 2022 Obviously a Chinese junk sword,, now if they had real sword probably cut that barrel four five times lol Quote
WillFalstaff Posted April 26, 2022 Report Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 3:00 PM, Sansei said: To help newbies spot these fakes, perhaps a list of the obvious things to look for that make it clear? Some fakes are easier to spot than others. Expand On 4/24/2022 at 5:51 PM, Bruce Pennington said: One of the guys was starting a document for that purpose. Can't remember who that was. Love the claim that someone had sliced a rifle barrel in two with a Type 95! Maybe it was a Fake M-1!!! Expand I knew this would come in handy one day! See attached. Fake v Real Type 95 NCO.pdfFetching info... 2 Quote
WillFalstaff Posted April 26, 2022 Report Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 11:33 AM, PNSSHOGUN said: "There are multiple documented instances where a Japanese officer took their Katana and cut the barrel of a US machine gun in half! " Expand Oh, Geebus! I heard about this nonsense back in high school. Can't believe someone is still peddling this stuff, with all the research to fact-check this now within a slap of a mouse button. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 26, 2022 Report Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 1:07 PM, WillFalstaff said: I knew this would come in handy one day Expand Nice start! Is it just me, or are the left and right labels reversed? 1 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 26, 2022 Report Posted April 26, 2022 I don't collect Japanese Swords, but the Kissaki and Boshi tell the story. 1 1 Quote
Bazza Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 6:25 PM, Baba Yaga said: I read it was a Nihonto and a 50cal. TV has done more bad than good .....Ninja. Expand As I recollect (from the Board somewhere. some time) the sword was by the Shinshintou smith Takahashi Naganobu?? BaZZa. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted April 27, 2022 Author Report Posted April 27, 2022 Yes, and he was known colloquially as "machine gun cutter Naganobu". At best an officer may have cut into a red hot barrel a small amount and the sword survived, war time propaganda did the rest and all of a sudden inspired officers were slicing and dicing through machine guns, tanks and aircraft carriers without breaking a sweat. 3 1 Quote
robinalexander Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 Well gents, I have irrefutable proof that it never ever happened. I used the Monkey Meter of Truthfullness. The Monkey has a YouTube video titled 'Japanese sword cut through machine gun barrell'......BUT even he has used the word rumour! If there had been even a shadow of a doubt as to the veracity of the story he would of capitalised on it. He has not done that, therefore it is simply not true. 3 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 If Myth Busters say's it's not true, then it's not true. They have a team of highly trained engineers working on the Myths behind the seen. I actually supplied equipment to their "company" years back in the bay area. People believe a lot of common sense propaganda out of the East for some reason. What this leads to is a bunch of kids grabbing grandpas old Samurai sword out of the closet and doing TV unmanageable. 1 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 Who keeps down grading objective logic, poor soul, or is it sole.. I guess if I was in a financial position of having to sell it would effect me. 1 Quote
WillFalstaff Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 6:50 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Nice start! Is it just me, or are the left and right labels reversed? Expand It’s part of the training—read the title, but then keep attention to detail as the real stuff (header) is on the left, fake on the right. 1 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 27, 2022 Report Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 10:42 PM, WillFalstaff said: It’s part of the training—read the title, but then keep attention to detail as the real stuff (header) is on the left, fake on the right. Expand You're right, the wording is kind of confusing. When I looked at the photo it threw me too. 2 1 Quote
robinalexander Posted April 28, 2022 Report Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 6:50 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Nice start! Is it just me, or are the left and right labels reversed? Expand Confused me too Bruce...I think the Real and Fake columns are ok but (no offence Gabe) I would probably loose the words 'Right Side and Left Side Quote
WillFalstaff Posted April 28, 2022 Report Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 10:50 AM, robinalexander said: Confused me too Bruce...I think the Real and Fake columns are ok but (no offence Gabe) I would probably loose the words 'Right Side and Left Side Expand Criticism taken with pride! Fixed the dicksleksik wording. Also added an important note from @Shamsy from the Fake Type 95 Nco Sword topic. Real v Fake Type 95 NCO swords.pdfFetching info... 3 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted April 29, 2022 Report Posted April 29, 2022 Dang thing got stuck… grrrr… 1 3 1 Quote
FZ1 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Posted April 29, 2022 King Arthur will be along shortly to sort it out. 2 Quote
Baba Yaga Posted April 29, 2022 Report Posted April 29, 2022 Left handed cut, or photo backwards. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted April 30, 2022 Report Posted April 30, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 5:00 PM, FZ1 said: King Arthur will be along shortly to sort it out. Expand In this rain? I wish he’d hurry. Quote
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