What is this?

ariel · 4th June 2005, 08:09 AM

I guess it is a modern Chinese creation......

RSWORD · 4th June 2005, 03:07 PM

Ariel, it could be but I think that is hard to tell from these pics. Would it be possible to get better shots of the handle, fittings and markings on the blade? Also, what is it's length? I have some thoughts but need better pics to form an opinion.

jmings · 4th June 2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RSWORD

Ariel, it could be but I think that is hard to tell from these pics. Would it be possible to get better shots of the handle, fittings and markings on the blade? Also, what is it's length? I have some thoughts but need better pics to form an opinion.

It's Jerry, not Ariel

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jmings · 4th June 2005, 03:52 PM

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Henk · 4th June 2005, 04:27 PM

I'm very sorry for you but it is a brandnew imitation of a tanto, the japanese dagger. As far as I can judge it, the fittings are moulded and it is indeed probably made in China.

tom hyle · 4th June 2005, 05:07 PM

Agreed. It's quite possible the blade is not steel; will a magnet stick to it? It looks like a weak cast metal used on many decorator "Japanese" swords.

jmings · 4th June 2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tom hyle

Agreed. It's quite possible the blade is not steel; will a magnet stick to it? It looks like a weak cast metal used on many decorator "Japanese" swords.

Thank you all for your information. I guess the joke's on me.

All of my other swords were attracted to a magnet, puting the lie to the old myth that a magnet wouldn't stick to stainless so it never occured to me to try it even though I was suspicious of the brightness of the blade. Sure enough <smacks forehead> it is about as attracted to a magnet as a frog of the amphibous persuasion. Now it can join my "Ninja Sword Set" in hiding.

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4th June 2005, 03:52 PM	#4
jmings Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tebbetts, Missouri, USA Posts: 49	Yet even more pix pictures deleted Last edited by jmings; 4th June 2005 at 05:51 PM. Reason: complaints of too many images

4th June 2005, 08:09 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I guess it is a modern Chinese creation......

4th June 2005, 03:07 PM	#2
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,087	Ariel, it could be but I think that is hard to tell from these pics. Would it be possible to get better shots of the handle, fittings and markings on the blade? Also, what is it's length? I have some thoughts but need better pics to form an opinion.

4th June 2005, 04:27 PM	#5
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	I'm very sorry for you but it is a brandnew imitation of a tanto, the japanese dagger. As far as I can judge it, the fittings are moulded and it is indeed probably made in China.

4th June 2005, 05:07 PM	#6
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Agreed. It's quite possible the blade is not steel; will a magnet stick to it? It looks like a weak cast metal used on many decorator "Japanese" swords.