Get ready for a ton of fake Naval Dirks

[Papa Nambu]

The Chinese fakers are working on it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Off...item20be7bbb17
Looks like crap, but as we've seen with the NCO swords, they will improve.

[gunto]

They are damn ugly.
They have been on eBay for some years now.

[Der Texaner]

Ok, I'll fess up. It looks good to me. I'm glad you brought it to my attention anyway. I'm a total novice on edged weapons. What gives it away? Educate me please.

Regards,
Joel

[Der Texaner]

To help....

[Der Texaner]

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[gunto]

Ok, I'll fess up. It looks good to me. I'm glad you brought it to my attention anyway. I'm a total novice on edged weapons. What gives it away? Educate me please.

Regards,
Joel

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...apanese+dagger
Heres my dirks.

[gunto]

The flags on the habaki, wrong.
The shape of the handle, wrong.
The shape/finish of the fittings, wrong.
The lack of mekugi.
Overall very Poorly made.
It looks clumsy.

[Der Texaner]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/sword-84-Jap...item1e687c4287

So far they all seem to still be in China. Won't be long though before they pop up from sellers in Wisconson and they dear old grand-dad took it off a soldier on Iwo Jima.

[Stu W]

Here's my lone example...

Regards,
Stu

[Stu W]

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[Der Texaner]

Thats a beautiful piece you have there, Stu.