I bought this Qi knife already broken, so it was heavily discounted as such. It is completely genuine with rather nice patina. It was broken in three places, so I glued them back together and covered up the cracks on the obverse. I left the reverse as-is so future owners would realize that this coin is broken. The sloppy glue job on the reverse of the handle was already there. Before: After:
Great to see you leave it obvious for any future collector that the item has been broken at some point.. it is really nice work.