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Hello to all of you on the forum, please help someone with my katana, dells with Kanji translation dells of determining the period, Myself guess the late Muromachi or early Shinto,possibly a Bizen sword?,extremely grateful in advance, greetings, Miki. |
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Dear Members, Can you tell me what this reads, please? Thanks |
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Hi Everyone, I'm a new member, Jairo Araujo from Brazil. I'm posting photos of my katana. After try understand the signature, please if someone can help me i will be glad. Lets start with signature, first kanji of signature is 國 (KUNI) but i cant identify the second. In the other side, have a mensage, I think it was not made in manufacturing process, i think it was made after, says "横山大膳X康子X" ("Yokoyama daizen xxx Yasushiko XXX") Suemitsu Katana Kaji says frequently Japanese soldiers wrote their names or messages in military swords, i dont know if is correct or not. |
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Greetings, I'm a new member. I am new to the study of Nihonto, but acquired this blade and am enjoying learning about it. It is about half an inch over the minimum length for a katana and relatively heavy. I found it interesting that the habaki is of 2-piece construction, gilded, and contains a mon. Fits well, seemingly original(?) |
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can anyone help me figure out what this inscription means? i'm trying to decide if this sword is worthy of a restoration or not. it was handed down to me from my father. his great uncle was a naval surgeon and stationed at Yokohama during the Spanish American war. I would love to know the sword maker and when it was made etc. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated. |
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I made a recent discovery of a Japanese blade which had been hidden in a closet for several decades. This is my first blade and initial opinions are that it is an authentic piece. Thoughts? |
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I have a sword passed down to me from my grandfather, i have gathered from the arsenal mark it is a naval sword. But any other history is am lacking and he passed when i was 2 so i never was able to get the history of how it came into his possession. |
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Hello, I'm trying to identify the signature on my Wakizashi. I am uploading the photos of the sword and tang. Any help is appreciated. Cheers, Kevin |
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Hello everyone! This is my first post, as I am new here. I was hoping you all could help me with something, my great grand father brought back a katana from WW2 and my dad (in his youth) misused it and would now like for me to restore it, and when I removed the handle assembly I expected to see a stamp of some sort indicating it was machine made; but rather found two sets of Kanji (one on each side of the tang) and despite having tried to figure out how to read it all I gained was a headache. Would those of you with experience with this mind translating it for me? |
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I ran across this at a yard sale and have no clue what it is. Or if its old fake or real. Handle and scabbard appear to be bone it isnt plastic i checked it with a hot needle. Any help would be appreciated. I got it with a couple of other items |
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Item Type:
katana
Item Type:
Swords - katana
Description:
Kanezane katana , WW2 Era ? ( 1940 ) ? It is in bad shape !! Does not have saya . It was brought back by a soldier in the First Cav. His name was Theodore Parker from WV , USA , From ( LUZON ) I got it from his Grandson , James Aaron Parker . |
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HI to all, Greetings....Please could anyone assist me to interpret the signature on this tang. Will very much appreciate it. Many thanks. Kind regards, Joseph |
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Dear Sirs |
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Could you please help me with translation on this picture? |
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Hi I'm new to sword collecting,and don't know how to tell if something is real or not. This is my first sword I was told it is a wakizashi it's 45 cm total length. |
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Hi i am here just getting some opinions on a sword that i own, don't know to much about it, but do know that it's signed by inoue izume no kami kunisada. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated |
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Hi, Found a sword in fairly poor state minus a few bits and pieces in a pawn shop. I have a strong suspicion that it is Japanese, it has Japanese text on the tang. Sad that it wasn't in a complete state and has some damage to the tip. Seems amazingly sharp where the blade is free of corrosion. I would like to restore it, it gives me the impression that it was made with great care. Any comments would be gladly accepted. Please see the attached image. James |
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Hi everyone, new to collecting, this is my first, possibly my only as I don't think I can afford investment in another. Just picked up an O-Wakisashi(? 21.1", is this O-wakisashi or simply wakisashi) signed by Tada Hitachi no Kami Muneshige. I can find precious little about this swordsmith, what I did find did not include Tada and I even wonder if it's the Singnature with and without "tada" is same smith. The sword is authentic with nbthk green papers, (especially precious, issued 1971) |
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