WW2 Vintage Japanese Sword - Info Needed

I noticed on the cartoon he drew, dated may 16, 1944, on the U. S. S. Kitkun Bay. It's mission was to the Mariana and palaua Islands campaign. Also the Phillipines Campaign, battle off samar, operation magic carpet.

It ended up in japan in '46 in th hakkaido and Honshu to take on pow's.

I dunno, after reading that, it might not be specifically Japanese, but maybe made on another close island nation on it's side.

Michael
 
Going by the black rust on the blade, it could be that someone did some grinding work years ago on a genuine blade and messed up the kissaki and nakago geometry.
The rust on the nakago is red and could be the result of said grinding work if the blade was kept oiled after and the tang left dry in the handle.
Black rust is stable and inactive; red rust is active.
 
Lee, regarding the faked idea, wouldln't it be a little more unusual to find an earlier faked blade mounted in a shirasaya rather than in a mounted saya?
 
A little more unusual...you're right in that the majority of fakes are in full mounts but they still can be found in shirasaya.
Trying to spot fakes by using their koshirae is not a good practice though.
 
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