Suspicious yasurimei

[hillman]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-O-Na ... 4a9c2327a9

 

This looks like a pretty nice shinsakuto blade with a pretty soshu-style hamon, but the yasurimei looks really suspicous.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Hillman

[Nobody]

Compare that with a genuine Kunietsu.

Ref. http://www.giheiya.com/kunietsu1809.html

[Stephen]

looks like it was cut with a wire wheel....runaway fast

[bdgrange]

Very Chinese.

Poor yasurime

Poor horimono

acid etched

just quick observations.

Bill de

[Bruno]

The tang is suspicious to.

[ottou812]

acid etched

 

Doesn't look acid etched to me. Anyone else think it's acid etched?

[hillman]

I too don't think it's an acid etched Chinese piece of work, and it looks a genuine Nihonto to me.

 

But it sure isn't a big name smith that forged it. The nakago seemed to have been quite unprofessionally redone to hide the prior mei. But with the nice hamon, it might be a reasonable buy for the blade itself?

[pcfarrar]

I agree with Bill it looks Chinese. Also it does appear to have had acid used on it during the polishing process.

[Stephen]

I think the term acid etched is throwing him off...its more of a wash to bring out the hada.