Need help identifying samurai sword

[Ziggy]

[Ziggy]

[lonely panet]

Fake-to

[Ziggy]

I don’t think your comment is legitimate as I’ve had it appraised as a pre 1930 to 1943 world war 2 family samurai sword it’s got every detail to say it’s not army issue but a family sword 

[oli]

Which details?

[Matsunoki]

Totally fake. Whoever looked at it for you had his eyes shut or knows sod all about Japanese swords. Sorry. The Chinese are very good at making things look old. Everything about this one is wrong. 

[Brian]

23 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

I don’t think your comment is legitimate as I’ve had it appraised as a pre 1930 to 1943 world war 2 family samurai sword it’s got every detail to say it’s not army issue but a family sword 

His comment is very legitimate. Fire your appraiser.

[Baka Gaijin]

Families usually did not stamp the habaki of their ancestral swords with Arabic numerals.

[robinalexander]

Ziggy, I agree with all above members comments including your own (below)  .............

 

1 hour ago, Ziggy said:

it’s got every detail to say it’s not army issue

 

Clear pics of the blade, kissaki may help put it to bed.

 

As an interesting aside, I note the name '" Mikael Bauer "  in your OP. If he is the same MB from Montreal ? I was just wondering if he appraised this sword.

 

Rob

[lonely panet]

Bit annoyed that my pun got overlooked. Seki-to, showa-to, murata-to.....

 

Now entre the fake-to.

 

Its got to a catfish post. Blind Fred knows it utter crap 

[raaay]

IMHO 100% fake 

[Bruce Pennington]

Ziggy,

I'm not a nihonto guy, but I've seen a lot of Chinese fakery.  The practice of stamping numbers on habaki is a Chinese practice, whether legit military sword or a reproduction, period.

 

The nakago and tsuba/sepppa set appears to have been coated with some brown substance.  You can see where it has flaked off several spots on the tsuba.  Also the one shot of the combined tsuba/seppa has 'track' marks, maybe like it was held in a vise? 

 

The nakago mei is uncharateristically low towards the end, not normal for Japanese swords unless the nakago is shortened after it was made.

 

My two cents

 

Like the other guys said, seeing the blade might add some clarity.

[Abaris]

Also, the mei is not traditionally engraved, and the tsuba has the seppa sculpted on it.