Hi, introduce myself, I am a german collector, study shinshinto Naotane school swords, active in the NMB.
Looking for all infos about that group and swords, esp. Naotane and his pupil Naomasa. So if anybody can give
advice and info, always appr. .
Kataoka Ginsaku wrote two biographies about Taikei Naotane; may be in dutch language, so please help me out with this essays really appr.

Best Regards

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i didnt know how to add pics to my original thread , so im creating this one specifically for picture uploading of my prized sword from my personal collection.

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This Katana has a unique blade, 2 fullers on one side, and 1 fuller side, I think this is called a BO-HI blade??

This one ahs no name on tang, but the Tsuba has writing on it?

Very nice Fuchi and Kashira

Any help on age etc. would be appreciated

James

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PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR A COLLECTION OF THE PICS I HAVE TAKEN, THE SWORD HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE WHAT IT IS DEPICTING ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE . IT IS AN UNUSUAL SIZE AS THE HANDLE IS ALMOST 15INCHES LONG THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THIS SWORD OF MAGIC IS 59.75CM MAKING IT JUST SHORT OF BEING CLASSIFIED AS A KATANA .THIS IS NO WET DREAM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS IS THE SWORD OF POWER AND IT IS A LIVING REALITY. IT HAS MANY SPIRITS THAT HOWL WITHIN THIS SWORD AND I HAVE BEEN POSSESSED BY THE WISDOM IT SHARES WITH THE ONE THAT BEHOLDS IT.

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I am looking forward to participating on this forum, I am a long time Imperial German Spiked helmet collector, and now dabbling in Japanese swords. I have a few WWII vintage swords, but just picked up these two swords which I guess I would classify as family swords.

First is the Wakizashi, it ahs a signed blade which hoping somebody can help me out with translation?

I will post the other sword in a separate post to not confuse them.

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

James

I recently bought a wak with origami, but they did not send me the English translation. Can someone help me with the translation?

Thanks,
Phil

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my doubt . . . .
real / fake ?

can anyone help me with mei translation ?

any other information anyone could give would also be appreciated.

Thank you so much ... iChad

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I recently acquired this blade, can anyone help with mei translation?

any other information anyone could give would also be appreciated.

much thanks!

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Hi all.
I’m looking into a sword I bought a good while ago, it was in terrible shape so I’m struggling for clues. While I know that koshirae aren’t a great help in providing information but I’m curious about the writing on the tsuka and seppa that came with the sword. Both look to have been made for the blade. They proved difficult to photograph so I’ve done my best to copy them on paper. Any help with translation and possible meaning would be great.
Many thanks.

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I was looking at a Satsuma rebellion sword and it had a strange same substitute. It sold for more than I could afford, but I'm still curious what it is. Any ideas?