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Is my sword trash or treasure?

  • 07-11-2012 5:27pm
    #1
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    I came across a sword at an estate sale and I have no idea if it is worth anything or not. The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China, or any other crap manufaturing mark on it, and itI wan cheap.The ony mark I can find is the number 203 stamped on the brass oval hilt. The habdle and the sheath are both twine wrapped in a very un elaborate way. The sheath itself is made of wood. The overall length is 37the inches, the blade being 27 of them. Can anyone help?


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  • #2
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Woodenartbydj


    Woodenartbydj wrote: »
    I came across a sword at an estate sale and I have no idea if it is worth anything or not. The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China, or any other crap manufaturing mark on it, and itI wan cheap.The ony mark I can find is the number 203 stamped on the brass oval hilt. The habdle and the sheath are both twine wrapped in a very un elaborate way. The sheath itself is made of wood. The overall length is 37the inches, the blade being 27completed of them. Can anyone help?
    Trying to add oics hope it works


  • #3
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Woodenartbydj


    Woodenartbydj wrote: »
    I came across a sword at an estate sale and I have no idea if it is worth anything or not. The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China, or any other crap manufaturing mark on it, and itI wan cheap.The ony mark I can find is the number 203 stamped on the brass oval hilt. The habdle and the sheath are both twine wrapped in a very un elaborate way. The sheath itself is made of wood. The overall length is 37the inches, the blade being 27completed of them. Can anyone help?
    Full pic


  • #4
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Woodenartbydj


    Woodenartbydj wrote: »
    I came across a sword at an estate sale and I have no idea if it is worth anything or not. The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China, or any other crap manufaturing mark on it, and itI wan cheap.The ony mark I can find is the number 203 stamped on the brass oval hilt. The habdle and the sheath are both twine wrapped in a very un elaborate way. The sheath itself is made of wood. The overall length is 37the inches, the blade being 27 of them. Can anyone help?
    The only mark I can find anywhere


  • #5
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Woodenartbydj


    Woodenartbydj wrote: »
    I came across a sword at an estate sale and I have no idea if it is worth anything or not. The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China, or any other crap manufaturing mark on it, and itI wan cheap.The ony mark I can find is the number 203 stamped on the brass oval hilt. The habdle and the sheath are both twine wrapped in a very un elaborate way. The sheath itself is made of wood. The overall length is 37the inches, the blade being 27 of them. Can anyone help?
    Blade looks a bit rough


  • #6
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    The reason I picked it up is there is no tell tale made in China
    There usually won't be. Then they wouldn't fool anyone

    It was cheap.
    There you go.

    If you say the blade looks crap, chances are it's fake.


    http://reviews.ebay.com/HOW-TO-SPOT-CHINESE-MADE-FAKE-JAPANESE-SWORD-JUNK?ugid=10000000002370903

    The mass produced WW11 items were a bit rougher than one made by a craftsman, but still look better than yours.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFj4Ep635BU


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  • #7
    frankosw
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 809 ✭✭✭frankosw


    It looks like a mass-produced decoration japanese katana sword.

    This sort of thing would have been made to sit on a carved wooden rest on a desk or somethng like that.

    A genuine katana is a million miles away in terms of quality and workmanship

    katana_111651.jpg


  • #8
    Woodenartbydj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Woodenartbydj


    frankosw wrote: »
    It looks like a mass-produced decoration japanese katana sword.

    This sort of thing would have been made to sit on a carved wooden rest on a desk or somethng like that.

    A genuine katana is a million miles away in terms of quality and workmanship

    katana_111651.jpg
    Thanks, I did not loose anything on it. I picked it up from a elderly lady at an estate sale who said it was her husbands and she knew not where he had gotten it ,so I took a chance the lady was in her upper 80's so I figured for $10.00 it was worth a shot. It will go with my knife collection even if its fake.


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