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Submitted by Chevygirl607 on Mon, 2011-05-23 02:56

please help with any information on the translation of this sword. I have no idea what any of it means or how to even begin to figure it out. thank you in advance.

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#1Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2011-05-23 22:09.

Chinese replica

Hi Michelle,

The signature is:

佐藤归次浩二

I can't tell what it means, because I think it's actually Chinese, not Japanese. 佐藤 is a Japanese surname though, Satō, and 浩二 is a name (Kōji).

Anyway, it looks like this sword is not a genuine Japanese sword, but a Chinese replica (or a fake, depending how you want to put it).

Regards,
Stan

P.S. By the way, if you do a Google search by this signature, it forwards you to a couple of Chinese links about animation/cartoons. That's not a good sign...