genuine blade?

[Jock]

Hi Folks,

 

I got this one - sadly haven't got a better pic of tang....any thoughts on it?

 

Thanks heaps

 

Regards,

 

Jock

[Stephen]

Jock

 

bit worried here,,,that nakago looks like it was ground or buffed

[Bruno]

Nice blade anyway....is it signed?

[Amon]

Hi!

 

Was this blade from the Chinese dealer?

 

Best regards,

[SwordGuyJoe]

Yes it was. Thought about bidding until I saw that it was from China.

[Grey Doffin]

I'm thinking hand made, water quenched, made in China by Paul Chen or someone similar. The nakago looks that way and the very shallow, even too shallow for Kanbun Shinto, sori is something else I expect out of China.

Grey

[Bruno]

I remember this seller from....Hong Kong right?

 

He used to sell what looks like real Japanese swords, but I was always wondering why all of his swords were sold without any fittings(even habaki), strange... . The swords seem to to be not very old, often sell as gendaito(if I remember well).

 

Anyway, the seller makes good money each time he is selling one.

 

The Grey's opinion might be an correct explanation.

 

Regards