| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
Hello, I would be extremely grateful if someone could tell me the English pronounciation of the characters on the tang of my Katana. I am led to believe it is the sword makers name, although it maybe the name of the company. http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3848/DSCN3577.JPG Thank you ever so much, Alex Jones | ||
| Hendrik |
Hahaha, you got ripped, sorry man, but this is: 1. not a Katana 2. not Japanese 3. not a mage On the sword is written: ๅ็ยฉgแกุN Well I can't read it, but the first two Kanji mean China. You've bought a chinese sword there. It's straight, not curved, you see? Furthermore, from the image I would judge, that it's a cheap machine made thing... As for the Chinese language, I can't but the Kanji mean something like this: "China" "great" "very" "exhibit" "morning" "wave" "tenth sign wood year" or something, I'll ask someone. Sorry I ruined your day...  Hope you didn't pay too much. Actually, I'm not that much of an expert with swords, so you might want to get an expertise, but dont stake your hopes too high... Sorry | ||
| Nobuhiko |
Hendrik is right. This is a Chinese sword. means China in Chinese (in Japanese, China is ). Most Japanese samurai-era swords are also curved, except for a few special ones (like Ninja-To's, or Ninja swords). Note that there are many imitations and fake "Japanese" swords out there that have been made recently in China and chemically aged to look somewhat authentic. You will be surprised that there are many of them circulating. I can't tell from the photograph if that is machine-made, but if the seller sold you the sword claiming that it was Japanese, he probably tricked you, and if he tricked you, he probably would have given you one of the common recent Chinese imitations rather than an authentic Chinese blade. | ||
| Nobuhiko |
Forgot to mention one thing. The handle part (the part shown in the photograph) is usually straight for a real katana also. But nevertheless, I doubt that yours is a real katana. |