japanese sword ( genuine or fake ??? )

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Originally Posted by ferrylaki

I found the sword has wooden saya covered with brown leather...it is a shingunto mounth am I right?

A wooden saya covered with brown leather (if not fake) may have been
a civilian one adapted to military service. If it's laquered other then military
green, most likely it was.
IF not a fake.
Hereunder how the cover should look like.
See also http://127.0.0.1:800/Default/www.h4..../gunto_034.htm