Japanese Sword - military?

[NickCT]

Hey guys,
I don't know much about this sword. It definitely appears old, possibly WWII era. I was curious if anyone here knows if it's military, or what the translations say. It's numbered also. Here's some pics:

[gunto]

Crap sword from China , sorry.

[Stu W]

It's not like any Japanese military sword I'm aware of and appears to me to be another one of the many reproductions from China.

Regards
Stu

[GHP]

It's not like any Japanese military sword I'm aware of ...

Me too! Upon the scabbard is etched, "Sasaki Fourth Cavalry Squadron"

佐佐木第四騎兵中隊
Sasaki Dai 4 Kihei Chutai
I've always ever seen Sasaki written as 佐々木 with the repeating symbol 々.

The blade ricasso is etched with
佐佐木 Sasaki
昭和十五年 Showa 15 year

The other side looks like it might have 天皇 "Tenno" [Emperor] etched. I see what looks like the second kanji of Tenno: 皇

All these are red flags.

Cheers!
--Guy

[Brian Robinson]

The translation is fairly irrellevant. It is 110% fake. Chinese junk. Sorry.

Brian

[GHP]

The translation is fairly irrellevant. It is 110% fake. Chinese junk. Sorry.

Brian

Right Brian ... but there is a relevance; and that is, if one sees a "Japanese" sword with these kinds of markings (e.g., "Tenno"), one can be fairly certain the sword is a fake. I think it benefits the community to translate the markings so those who have not studied Japanese (or kantei) can better identify something that is (to some of us) patently fake.

Best regards,
--Guy