Tang Sword
Tang Sword
How do I tell if my katana is Full Tang or not?
Okay, so I was at this knife shop at a swap meet the other day and I picked up a katana. It was only 34 bucks. So I know that it’s not any sort of real Quality Sword. But when I got it I didn’t know much about them, but I’ve been reading about them on the internet. So now I’m curious about whether or not it has a full tang, but I don’t know how to figure out without mutilating the sword. Any ideas?
okay, so if the guy who said that an x-ray would probably be the only way…anyone know where they would let me use an x-ray machine? (and not charge me more than the price of the cheapo sword lol)
If it is a fake then taking it apart will probably be mutiliating it.
however if it is a “fake” then mutilating it is exactly what you should do.
Odds are if you paid $34 for it it IS a fake.
A real katana can be taken apart and the “pins” replaced with no problem. (forgot what they are called, I know the decorative metal placed on the hilt are called “minuki”.
names of parts of Japanese Sword:
http://swordforum.com/sfu/japanese/anatomy.html
Tang discussion on japanese sword:
http://swordforum.com/sfu/japanese/tangs.html
steels for japanese swords:
http://swordforum.com/sfu/japanese/modern-steels.html
additional information on heat treatment:
http://swordforum.com/sfu/primer/heattreatment.html
If I were you I would just put the sword-like object up on the wall and use it as a decoration. Trying to cut with it could cause the blade to snap due to any number of reasons for crappy quality resulting in everyone’s favorite home shopping network clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s0dRcdyizU
There is nothing wrong with owning a wall-hanger, I myself owned two before giving them to ex girlfriends.
The problem I have with walhangers is not that they exist, it is that the people who sell them try to pawn them off as real swords to dupe the unwary. Since you bought it at a “swap meet” while it is statistically possible for you to find a well made or decent made sword at such a “flea market” type of place, the fact that you bought it from a knife shop makes it even less likely as they would be able to tell quality steel (Knife Steel is different than sword however) or at least to know to seek another opinion if they didn’t know.
If you got it from some guy who said it was lingering from WW2 in his grandfather’s garage- then you got a different history.
If you are really curious, take it to a Martial Arts supply shop (most sell swords) and ask them if they can appraise it for you. they may charge you, or just take one look at it and tell you its crap. You have to decide. Posting pictures in and out of scabbard as well as closeups of the blade, hilt and fixings can help, but it is still not something you can really be sure about without looking at it directly.
Unless the fixings are made of plastic or the blade says “440 stailness steel” (or any kind of Stainless Steel) on it.
EDIT: this is what you would need to remove and replace the. The pins (likely called “mekugi” and from my japanese sword days that does kind of sound familiar).
http://bugei.com/product_701_detailed.htm
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