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4th April 2019, 03:56 PM | #1 |
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So you think it is a bad Chinese copy of a Japanese blade? It is certainly not the best workmanship I have ever seen. If it were better, I would have bid higher.
An argument against it being Korean is that they almost never have a fuller. |
4th April 2019, 04:25 PM | #2 | |
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4th April 2019, 08:37 PM | #3 |
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Purely decorative/tourist sword-like object with absolutely no ethnographic or historical value whether Chinese or Korean...
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4th April 2019, 11:16 PM | #4 |
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Josh,
IMHO, you are lucky that some schmuck put a higher bid. |
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9th April 2019, 02:43 PM | #6 |
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Yes, I agonized over this. As a Chinese sword it is not very exciting, but as a Korean sword it is quite interesting. In terms of design characteristics it fits everything for a Korean sword, but not a Chinese or Japanese sword.
It is missing a habaki/tonku, but this also seems to be a somewhat variable trait. The primary argument against this sword is its overall "showiness" combined with a mediocre blade. |
27th April 2019, 01:58 PM | #7 |
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IMO, the blade looks very modern. As in late 20th or even 21st century, the kind of thing common on modern Chinese-made fake katana/tachi/gunto.
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