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What kind of sword is this? i got it at a yard sale for 5$. Blade

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What kind of sword is this? i got it at a yard sale for 5$. Blade is steady, doesn't bend. Was able to chop a few branches up in my yard, needs to be sharpened.
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posting more
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Cosplay shit
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>>34361666
i would agree, but i guarantee this can be used as a real weapon.
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Oriental make. It carries a blade similar to that of a katana, though my knowledge is best rooted in western blades. I'm torn between it being a Tang Dynasty Jian, or the likelier Han Dynasty Dao.
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>>34361693
Adding onto this, another likely contender is a Ninjato.
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>>34361693
>>34361704
Really? the word "Pakistan" is engraved near the guard.
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Bro, that's a flea market special
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>>34361726
Ah, a Pakitao Nintandao. It's more than likely some Paki replica of one of the three, or god forbid a cross-up of the three designs.
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>>34361726
common way to smuggle artifacts out of their native countries.
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>>34361750
It's pretty weighty, my old man is going to sharpen it up for me later. I wish i had some documentation for it or something, the blade itself looks new, but the rest of it screams vintage.
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>>34361738
>MY UNCLE WORKS AT NINTANDAO

>NO REALLY GUYS I'M SERIOUS
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>>34361658
Oh, that's just the ubiquitous flea market Pakistani katana. They've been separating teenage boys from their allowance money since the 1990s. The blade is made of very soft steel; it will take an edge fast if you run a Smith's sharpener over it, but won't retain it for shit. Also, if you strike any solid object with it, basically anything at all, the whole blade will bend and deform. If it doesn't just snap off at the tang, it's attached to the handle by a rat-tail tang welded to the blade. You can unscrew the brass fitting on the butt of the handle and pull it out to inspect the join, if you like.
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>>34362086
As long as i can kill a would-be home invader with it, i'm happy. Thanks for the info.
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>>34362102
It is capable of being used for that, yes. Here's a protip, don't practice cuts with it very often, the way the tang's run through the soft wood handle means that it grinds away at the sides of the hole it's drilled through, slowly becoming looser and less stable with use. If you say the blade was steady when you got it, you're lucky. It's pretty much an inevitable problem with that sword.

Either practice your cuts with some other object, a bat, a broom handle, whatever, and leave the sword on standby for when shit gets serious; or, go ahead build up that tang a bit with some thread, to where it's snug in the hole it goes through, and use some epoxy to seal it in there tightly and permanently. That would prevent it from ever becoming an issue.
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>>34361658
Post pics when the rat-tail tang snaps mid swing and you hurt yourself
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>>34361658
>What kind of sword is this?
It's an exceptionally cheap katana.
>doesn't bend
Not a good thing.
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>>34362102
>As long as i can kill a would-be home invader with it, i'm happy. Thanks for the info.
Not reliably. The tang will fail. It might be in ten swings, it might be right when you try to defend your life.
Get a more reliable weapon (sword or otherwise) and leave this cheap beater for ornamental use only.
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