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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 387006, member: 6974&quot;]Hi Mario. I am not a sword expert and I hope someone with that knowledge will comment on your sword, but I have one from WW2 and a much older Japanese sword as well as one from Thailand and one from Myanmar. Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I think your sword is a combination of many parts and I think each piece needs to be considered separately. IMHO:</p><p>1. The blade is a decorator piece but might have been used in Tai Chi or for Feng Shui practice. I&#039;ve never seen one like this before, but the Chinese are masters at reproduction swords.</p><p>2. The main writing is Chinese, but is there some Japanese on one side near the top of the blade in pic 3? You definitely need a translation.</p><p>3.&nbsp; I wonder if the Kashira (pommel), the Fuchi (top blade collar), the Seppa (spacers), the Tsuba (guard), the Habaki (lower blade collar),&nbsp; are genuine but from another sword? I couldn&#039;t see in the pics, but does it have a Kojiri (a metal bottom tip) on the scabbard? If these items are genuine, they might be worth more in parts than the entire sword.</p><p>4. I would disassemble the sword and assess each piece individually to determine their value.</p><p>5. Do you plan to keep it or onsell? This might determine how accurately you want the sword identified.</p><p>I&#039;m sorry I&#039;m not more help but I am sure there is a sword expert in this Forum. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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