WW2 wakizashi ?

[sechan]

Hi guys, I just like it and do not want to open it to see if it's signed. Hope someone can tell me about it a little more...

 

Thanks,

Steve

[Misconstrued]

Looks like a Chinese fake to me, sorry.

[dkirkpatrick]

Concur, almost certainly a Chinese fake, no need to remove handle.

 

Doug

[Bruno]

Literally wakizashi were not reglementary swords within the IJA, the ones existing with a nagasa inferior to 61 cm are more short katana.

[Guest Simon R]

8 hours ago, sechan said:

Hi guys, I just like it and do not want to open it to see if it's signed. Hope someone can tell me about it a little more...

 

Thanks,

Steve

Sorry Steve, but that's a bit like posting a photo of a wrapped box of chocolates and asking opinions on what assortment is likely to be found inside!

 

Confectionery analogies aside, I totally concur with the other comments that it screams Chinese fake, but you really do need to look at the nakago in order to hammer the final nail in the coffin (if that's what you want, of course).

The faker undoubtedly knew that a seemingly tight, leather combat cover in situ on the tsuka would actively discourage anyone from taking the sword apart and discovering - what I guess will be - a badly shaped nakago, possibly with nonsensical Chinese characters.

 

Regards,

Simon

[vajo]

It looks fake. 

The pictures are to small to see anything else.

[Brian]

C'mon guys. With that "hada" and kissaki shape, and that hi on the blade...and the fittings, you guys still want to go with "probably a fake"??
It IS a fake. Sorry.

[Guest Simon R]

2 minutes ago, Brian said:

C'mon guys. With that "hada" and kissaki shape, and that hi on the blade...and the fittings, you guys still want to go with "probably a fake"??
It IS a fake. Sorry.

Stop sitting on the fence, Brian - say what you really mean! 🤣

[Guest Simon R]

Addendum: even through the leather 'combat cover' over the wrap, you can clearly see that the tsuka-ito is all twisted in the same direction.
I'm really surprised the Chinese knock-off shops haven't figured out that detail gives their stuff away as fake before you even draw the blade.

[The Blacksmith]

Looking at the hada and the kissaki, it simply screams CHINA! But, looking at the first photo, apart from the leatherwork covering the ishizuke, to me, from a distance it looks fairly legit. The leather work has been aged too, and this is a worrying development, especially for new collectors.

I used to collect many, many years back, but am only recently getting back into Japanese swords. Personally, I  was , and am, very interested in Shin Gunto and swords of that era.

[sechan]

13 hours ago, SRDRowson said:

Sorry Steve, but that's a bit like posting a photo of a wrapped box of chocolates and asking opinions on what assortment is likely to be found inside!

 

Confectionery analogies aside, I totally concur with the other comments that it screams Chinese fake, but you really do need to look at the nakago in order to hammer the final nail in the coffin (if that's what you want, of course).

The faker undoubtedly knew that a seemingly tight, leather combat cover in situ on the tsuka would actively discourage anyone from taking the sword apart and discovering - what I guess will be - a badly shaped nakago, possibly with nonsensical Chinese characters.

 

Regards,

Simon

Thank you, since it's probably a bad chocolate anyway...I'm not going to open it...:)