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Originally Posted by spiral
looks a clumsy one to me, blade has no distal taper for starters.
It isnt Japanese even at the very lowest tourist level I am sure.
The Jap. Army took swordmiths with them during world war 2 for repair, modifying etc. , it realy doesnt look remotly like thier work though, by any stretch of imagination.
Its as genuine Japanese as a $1 ebay piece from Shanghai. 
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Hi Jonathon,
Don't hold back now!
I think that we were all just trying to be polite to a new forum member, but you have laid the correct information bluntly on the line.
Dan,
Stick around, you will learn a lot here.
Wish we had better news about your sword.