Good evening from France,
Here some photos (in three deliveries) about my wakizashi signed ( my reading) Yamashiro kuni ju Nobukuni. Can someone help with a comparison or an explanation on what the Kuni part of Nobukuni is an identification.
Thank you in advance for your help with your knowledge.
Datjin

Hi,
I am the owner of an O-wakisachi (56.6 cm). In my illiterate ways I translate the mei as Yamashiro noKami Fujiwara Kunitsugu and I believe to read the date as: an auspicious day, ninth month.. and I am stumped is it eleventh year Kanei? I can not find any visual to confirm or not.

Hi everyone. Could somebody please help me identify the sword in these pictures. I can't seem to figure it out.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee449/NapervillePawn/WWII%20Samurai%...
http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee449/NapervillePawn/WWII%20Samurai%...

Hi everybody. Can you please help us identify the maker, and any other information about the maker of this sword.
Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.

Hi I have two swords that I can not figure out who the maker is. Can anybody help me out?
Oh I guess I will have to do the second one in a separate blog.

Hello all! Love the site - great resource. Situation: I recently purchased a very rough late edo era tsuka for parts and to disassemble for research purposes. The menuki are not high quality, they look like cast brass. In fact the whole tsuka was pretty poor quality when it was made. I have been doing some cleaning to remove the surface grime but maintain the ageing & patina etc. but have reached a dilemma...

Hi there,
need some help to figure out the smith's signature.
Thanks for helping. Rgds Jacques