what is this type sword?

[jason_mazzy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

 

is it a repro of new swords or is it supposed to be a type of ww2?

 

None of the ornaments look normal to me.

[estcrh]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190350281214&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

is it a repro of new swords or is it supposed to be a type of ww2?

 

None of the ornaments look normal to me.

Jason your right, the habaki and seppa look like they are snipped from sheet copper and once again there are no pictures of the tang or close ups of the blade...looks ornamental to me.

[Mark Green]

Looks fake to me. The fittings are a sure give away.

mark G

[moss]

Jason,

This type of sword is called faketana.

It is only slightly overpriced by $175.

Some people will put anything up for the Ebay punters.

I think you are beginning to recognise some of the rubbish.

 

Thats good!

Take the 1.5 hr drive, you will learn heaps from handling some real blades etc

 

Cheers Moss

[sanjuro]

Moss

 

I always wondered what the correct classification for these swords was. Faketana, Craptana etc. Now I know I wonder what the Kanji for that is?

[moss]

Gidday Keith,

 

I have done the Kanji for Faketana for you.

He was from the chinese line of Crapitana so you were on the right track.

The mei tells the story

Ha Ha

Excuse my primitive strokes.

 

Cheers Moss

[sanjuro]

Moss.

 

I love it!

 

Sorry guys..... Moss and I are both Australian, and nothing but nothing, is sacred in Australia apart from freedom and beer. We are I am afraid, the Larrikins of the world, and very little is safe from our irreverent humour. Thankfully we are also relatively harmless.

[drbvac]

Canucks must be kindred spirits cause I find it funny too - However with no disrespect it is probably better representative of the Kao of all smiths who make the various Crapitana as they are usually hesitant to sign them with their real names

[Marius]

Moss.

 

I love it!

 

Sorry guys..... Moss and I are both Australian, and nothing but nothing, is sacred in Australia apart from freedom and beer. We are I am afraid, the Larrikins of the world, and very little is safe from our irreverent humour. Thankfully we are also relatively harmless.

 

 

I like you, dear Australians :-) I must by an atypical Pole (not north, not south, a Pole from Poland, no, not Holland), since almost everything is sacred in my country. Anyway, the Kao was actually what you get when you try to read the Chinese characters on such a blade...

[David Flynn]

Mr Moss, As an Australian, if find this most irreverent and distasteful. This also borders on immaturity.

 

I suppose that's why I like it.

[cisco-san]

I have done the Kanji for Faketana for you.

He was from the chinese line of Crapitana so you were on the right track.

The mei tells the story

Cheers Moss

[Weidas]

Gidday Keith,

 

I have done the Kanji for Faketana for you.

He was from the chinese line of Crapitana so you were on the right track.

The mei tells the story

Ha Ha

Excuse my primitive strokes.

 

Cheers Moss

 

UNREAL!!! i LOVE Australian humour!!!!