Samurai Ninja ?

Snake Dr.

Snake Dr.

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HI All, Not sure what I got, And I hope you all can help me Identify It. There are no Marking's at all on the Blade or the Sheath, The Sword weigh's 3 LB.'s with the Sheath 3 1/2 LB's,The Blade Is 29 3/8 and Very Sharp I mean like a Razor, Total length Is 45 3/4", I took a lot of picture's any Info. would be Greatly Appreciated, Take Care !
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There Is a Blood Grove on the whole length of the Blade,
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You can see the two shade's of Steel the Blade across the Bottom as a Grey wavy type steel across the whole length of the Blade
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Here's the end cap of the sword,
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There are like Gold figure's under the leather on both side's of the Handle,
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I'm no expert but the leather ito (cord wrap) makes it look like a modern day production sword. Markings are never on the blade, they are usually on the tang under the tsuka (handle).
 
looks like a Paul Chen/Hanwei Musashi. The Musashi is a pretty good sword for a production peice. The two tone effect on the blade is due to the differential hardening of the blade (hard edge, soft spine).
 
I'd guess it's either a Hanwei piece or Last Legend. The Musashi's I've seen didn't have bo-hi. Perhaps a custom configuration from one of them? I recall Last Legend could put together different blade styles, guards, whatever you wanted to order at one point. Definatly looks like a modern piece though.
 
Thank's for all the reply's & Info, It seem In like New and Excellent condition, But It also seem's of High Quality,I know one thing I love the Blade & how Sharp It Is, Wooo-Weee ! I got some more Sword's I'll show later Today they seem Antique and one Im sure Is a Wall Hanger,Here's another picture of the Grip, The Edge on the Sword Is Unreal, I wish I new What Company Made this Sword Well maybe someone will know "I'm New To The World Of Sword's But I know The Samurai & Ninja Sword's are a Battle Weapon that In Close Range Combat are Second To None ! ! I'm gonna do some research today and try to find It ! Thank's again & Take Care !
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I looked through lot's of Sword's and the one I posted above In the link Is the only match for It I found In all Spec.'s lengh and weight and appearance, I wish these Maker's would ID there Sword's ! I'd sure like to know what I got, Thank for all the help everyone, Take Care !
 
johnu2 said:
That's the hamon (temper line). Its actually a common feature on katana swords
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Technically, it's common on any differentially hardened (using clay, etc) blade where the difference in hardness marks the transition from different crystalline steel structures.

Oh, and typically, as here, it is acid-etched to show it off more.

I also believe it's a Hanwei Musashi - whether it's an older or newer version of that model, or if it is at all - couldn't tell unless I could see it in person.
However, that "double cucumber" guard (tsuba, handguard, hilt, etc) isn't necessarily attributed to Musashi, and is used on a wide variety of Chinese-made Japanese-styled swords :D.
 
Yep I agree with everything you've said :) Most hand forged katana swords are differentially hardened anyway (unless we are talking about "wall-hangers") so its a pretty common feature. Some like you mentioned are acid-etched to bring it out. Some cheaper swords have cosmetic hamons that are wire-brushed or acid-etched.

If I'm not mistaken, the double ring tsuba was modeled after Musashi's own sword (more info on him below). A lot of production companies have a "musashi" model that use the same tsuba. Musashi (the company) has the double ring tsuba as their logo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi
 
The Groove on the back of the blade is not a "Blood" groove.

In western blades it's refered to as a Fuller in Japanese blades it's refered to as "Hi" or "Kesso". The main purpose is to lighten the blade without effecting the strength.
 
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