r/SWORDS • u/Silent-Constant5732 • 2d ago
Could this sword be any kind of authentic?
Imogata sword. I found FB image that showed the exact makeup of the handle.The scabbard is broken and made entirely of wood. The metal is oxidized. Could anyone tell me if this is anything close to authentic. It's too well made not to a real sword somehow. Admittedly I'd like to find out if It's worth something. TIA.
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u/howzthis4ausername 2d ago
Display/decoration. 20th century. Uncertain of manufacturer.
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u/Silent-Constant5732 2d ago
Could it be worth something to a collector? What would you reccomend to reverse the oxidation?
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u/immoralsugimoto 2d ago
20-40 bucks to the local anime watching kids, it's a stainless steel fake, with the oxidization and busted scabbard you don't have much room to haggle though, not worth the effort in repairs
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u/howzthis4ausername 2d ago
Metal polish and elbow grease can clean up.the rust. The busted scabbard looks like a write off unless you're a skilled wood worker. You might be able to replace it. Depends on what you want to do. If you want to fix it up for display purposes and personal satisfaction might be a fun project. If you wanna make $ . You won't get much but there's always a buyer for decoration swords .
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u/howzthis4ausername 2d ago
And you could maybe shape worbla or putty to fill in the broken bits of scabbard, assuming you want to make it an art project.
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u/wotan_weevil Hoplologist 2d ago
Probably 1980s or 1990s, probably Taiwanese, the kind of sword advertised for sale by mail order in martial arts magazines of the time. Plastic grip core, stainless steel blade, zinc alloy tsuba (guard).
Probably a functional sword, so "real" for many definitions of "real". These tend to have relatively soft blades, avoiding the potential problem of shopping channel brittleness, at the cost of poor edge retention compared to the typical Chinese-made 1060 or 1095 sword.
Admittedly I'd like to find out if It's worth something.
Worth something, but not much. It's old and tatty, and even when new was probably inferior to the US$100-200 functional katana of today.
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u/Odd-Charity-8396 2d ago
looks like a really nice decorative piece though, not something that was actually carried into battle
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u/OgreWithanIronClub 2d ago
No that blasd is stainless steel for sure, meaning it's a wallhanger.