I 've bought that wak recently. It is in a late war koshirare.

Is that an older blade? What do you think?

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I dunno, looking a little fake to me. I recently saw a China fake with a leather cover on ebay.

YOUR BLADE APPEARS TO BE AN OLDER BLADE THAT HAS BEEN CUT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY IN LENGTH. WITHOUT DETAILS OF THE HAMON AND BOSHI, LITTLE MORE CAN BE DETERMINED FROM THE PUBLISHED IMAGES. THE NAKAGO COLOR INDICATES HONEST AGE AND THIS IS NOT A COPY FROM CHINA IN MY OPINION.
BOB

This waki was a katana at one time, no doubt. Too, bad late koto IMHO. Ron