Search:

You got me Nick! ANOTHER possibility is this was originally mounted with a tsuka just as ugly as the saya, and somebody said "Dang this sure would look more Japanese if I mounted another tsuka on...

There were, and are, a few countries where fake Japanese WWII swords were/are being made. During the war, even Australian troops were making fake swords. Most fakes I've heard are being made in...

Poin (may I call you Poin?),


(1) there are 2 holes in the tang but only one hole in the handle, what’s the other for?
- More than 1 hole means that the blade was re-mounted to a new handle. ...

Dave, that's it! is it Chinese puppet govt?

Agree to both the above. The tsuka parts seem to come from actual Japanese gunto fittings, but the menugi (3 circle emblem under the wrap) is not Japanese. My memory bugs me, as I've seen this...