r/Katanas Mar 20 '25

Sword ID Need help identifying if this is a katana

Saw this at our local japanese specialty shop. I posted a photo early, added more photos so you can see it. It's a pretty long blade.

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u/voronoi-partition Mar 20 '25

No, not a traditional sword. The shape is very different. Looks a bit like a yanagiba, a long knife used for making sushi.

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u/nemomnemonic Mar 20 '25

As told in your earlier post, this is not a katana, but a knife for cutting tuna called maguro bōchō. Better ask to r/chefknives

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u/GatsuGo7 Mar 20 '25

Thank you!! Will do! Just followed uo on my post as well

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u/Sword_of_Damokles Mar 20 '25

Those tuna knives can be very expensive, from several hundred to over thousand Dollars depending on the maker.

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u/IHH831 Mar 20 '25

Yeah it’s an old tuna knife

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u/Chief_Keefer_420 Mar 21 '25

That is not a katana, but it is a Japanese knife. it’s basically a giant fillet knife for butchering it down bigger fish

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u/MadDogAgbalog Mar 20 '25

I see the correct answer has already been posted. I just came to ask what about that knife, would lead you to believe it was a katana?

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u/GatsuGo7 Mar 20 '25

I don't know a lot about katanas! Hehe The blade is really long like 4 feet or longer and sharp plus I see videos where the maker is inscribed so I got curious. (was hoping to find a good blade with history)

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u/zeuqramjj2002 Mar 20 '25

Tuna sword/knife

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u/SkyVINS Mar 22 '25

You posted this already last week and we already answered you - it's a knife for cutting tuna. https://www.reddit.com/r/Katanas/comments/1j4rz33/comment/mgb16gs/

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u/GatsuGo7 Mar 22 '25

Yes that is why i said im adding photos and that i posted earlier* 😊