Gendaito nihonto non industrial made?

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I don't know if the forum rules here prohibit posting references to threads in other forums. If in doubt I don't but I found a discussion with photos in which they talk about a sword (taken from a Japanese officer by the America GI in WW2 with military koshirae). the blade ihave Seki stamp and it is signed on the nagako (unlike my blade where it may have been removed or absent) but the blade is almost identical to mine. In the discussion they say it's a Showa-to. Some think it is not tamahagane. But not a Chinese blade.

This is the blade

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It looks identical to mine, with "less expressive steel" and wire with the same "design" (oil not water). even the sign on the nagako are identical, although in the other sword there is the mei and the seki mark (absent or canceled in mine)

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What do you think? If it is not forbidden I could post another forum discussion here

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As you seen other sword had the same signs (of mine) on nagako but (not in this foto) Mei and Seki stamp

[sc72]

I am not an expert and this is why I asked for your opinion and help, but to an eye like mine the two swords seem to have the same workmanship and production. This might mean nothing if in the other forum they were wrong to consider it a showa-to from the WW2 period, but if that's the case at least mine wouldn't be Chinese either, but as someone said here a showa-to with mei and stamp missing or removed

[sc72]

But Showa-to it is not Gendaito (not with tamahagane)

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The work marks on the nagako struck me as being identical to the herringbone (diagonals) in both swords

[PNSSHOGUN]

Please collate your thoughts into one post, you appear frantic.

[sc72]

Sorry

[Brian]

Seki Showato. Plenty of unsigned WW2 swords out there. I have zero suspicion it's Chinese. Never seen a fake WW2 sword with polishers burnishing.
One machi is chipped, not uncommon. Hamon is textbook oil quenched Showato. But genuine, put into other fittings later.

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thank you very much for your opinion

[ROKUJURO]

Stefano,

I absolutely concur with Brian here, but please bear in mind that we are looking only at images. You will not get a certificate, but just opinions.

By the way, it is NAKAGO, not Nagako.

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[ROKUJURO]

It wasn't a joke. Japanese swords have a special language, and we have to learn the terms to be able to understand each other. It is the same in other specialized fields. 

[Brian]

I think he's laughing at the "...You will not get a certificate, but just opinions" which is very true and funny

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I wasn't laughing to make fun of the right terms that should be used but at myself for the mistake I made