Hey everyone,

I have always looked for various weaponry whenever I have gone to markets/shops in the hopes of finding a rare and damn sexy looking sword.

And two days ago, I found one.

Talking the price down from $300 to $220, I managed to purchase a sword that I have found to be a Shin Gunto (looks to be a later edition)

can anyone perhaps tell me what specifically I should look at to confirm its quality (I would like to know that, if the day came, I could protect my home with it without fear of an embarrassing situation)

The inscription

Do you guys think this is fake?

Looks like a Chinese repro.

quote:

Originally posted by Jareth Holub:
Looks like a Chinese repro.

100% CHINESE JUNK. SORRY. TRY TO RETURN IT.

Thanks guys,

*Sigh* I guess I am stuck with a wall hanger purely because the only way to return it would be to sell it on ebay/private sales, and I don't want to become something I hate the most (a Rip off merchant)

Sadly, I really like the leather look, I might just replace the blade and keep it.

What are the going prices for a middle level blade that can promise it's durability?

KEEP IT AS IS. TRYING TO FIT A BLADE TO EXISTING MOUNTS IS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. THERE IS NOT ANY STANDARIZATION OF LENGTH, CURVATURE, THICKNESS OR TANG SHAPE OR HOLE LOCATION. BESIDES, THE MOUNTS ARE CLEARLY NOT JAPANESE, THE HANDLE IS FAR TO THIN. SELL IT ON EBAY FOR WHAT IT IS OR MAKE A DECORATOR OUT OF IT.

Now that I have made my uneducated purchase that I can look back on in a couple of years and laugh about, where in Australia can I find a quality blade (preferably within the $500 if that even exists)

I am prepared to build all fixtures of the sword (I have access to two great workshops with a good 40 years of collected scraps of metals, woods and the like)

Is this too unrealistic?

Yes it's unrealistic. Bob's advice is golden.

Bob and Jareth are correct. At the end of the day all you will wind up with is an even more cobbled up fake sword.

Keep the sword and use it as a learning experience. You can use it to compare to other swords to see the differences between this one and a real sword. Also, don't hesitate to post something before you buy it to ask for an opinion before you shell out your hard earned money.

Thanks guys, I guess my name is apt in retrospect to the current situation.

The only question that still remains to me (knowing it is imitation) is that, is it durable? In essence, if it is literally just a wall hanger, I will keep it and solemnly swear to never be ****ed into another sale such as that.

But... If it is durable, I can at least go out and prune my leaves with it.

It looks to have the slight signs of acid etching, is there a simple way (other than literally going out and hitting things) to test if it is potentially durable?