04-16-2007, 05:24 PM
Holy crap I wish I had some extra cash. That sword is beautiful! If that is a copy, it\'s an amazing one, it might be an un-issued sword captured when the Eastern front fell, those details are pretty exacting. It looks like the blade has a nice hammon (wavey temper line that runs the whole way up) hard to tell from the pics, but I don\'t think it\'s been fabricated after using acid etching. The Tsuba (hand guard) looks pretty impressive too. Did you get any history of the sword from the seller? Where it came from, if it is a replica who made it etc? I\'d be curious to know, and if you\'d consider a trade at all let me know and I\'ll get a list of stuff together!