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I came across this blade in a Pawn shop
It is a scaled down Katana that is very well done
The tang patina is a dark black that really appears to make this blade fairly old
The signature is well done
The blade has some pitting but there is a interesting Hamon
Nice blade geometry
Saya is nicely lacquered with a faint wheat pattern
The fittings are well done and used to be black before some genius buffed them silver
Horn fittings
The Habaki is nicely fitted and has a cat scratch pattern
Tsuba appears to be copper or bronze plain but well done
Tsuka is nicely wrapped but dirty but ray skin is tight nodules and appears to be of a good grade
My question is what is this
Maybe a sword given to a child as a right of passage of a novelty
Age ? Worth ?
Sorry about bad photos all I had was a phone
It is a scaled down Katana that is very well done
The tang patina is a dark black that really appears to make this blade fairly old
The signature is well done
The blade has some pitting but there is a interesting Hamon
Nice blade geometry
Saya is nicely lacquered with a faint wheat pattern
The fittings are well done and used to be black before some genius buffed them silver
Horn fittings
The Habaki is nicely fitted and has a cat scratch pattern
Tsuba appears to be copper or bronze plain but well done
Tsuka is nicely wrapped but dirty but ray skin is tight nodules and appears to be of a good grade
My question is what is this
Maybe a sword given to a child as a right of passage of a novelty
Age ? Worth ?
Sorry about bad photos all I had was a phone
