WW2 KATANA, Dont think so / buyer beware

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Í saw an auction ending last week for a "ww2 katana"

Let you be the Judge, but the markings on this blade might as well read : made in China

https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/...on_related_lot

Definitely no Japanese Katana. But China had swords, which were very similar to Katana. Many of them were made from railway-steel and in some cases like this it is not too easy to see, whether we have a modern copy or a Chinese version of a Katana from early 20th ct..

Btw. nowadays Chinese are able to make Katana of high quality and one need very well trained eyes to see the difference!

If someone however confused this sword with a true Japanese Katana, this person is absolutely unknowingly.


Roland