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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

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
I have already contacted you last year after finding a short sword signed Hisakuni in south of France.
When I found it, the sword was in a very bad state. There were some deep marks of blows. The polisher has made what he could but some of them always appear. Now the blade is restored and mounted in a beautiful shirasaya.
This short sword had the particularities of Kamakura’s forging, tender steel, thin shape, curved, light hamon, Fine Hada... but now, we are are not experts.

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Could you please help me with translation on this picture?

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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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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share my first Japanese blade purchase. I have been looking for the right occasion for quite a while, always wondered if it was the right sword (mainly being ancient) at the right price according to my means.
Anyways, just bought this one from an old weapon collector.
The blade is in average condition. It is signed AMAKUNI thanks to the excellent database of this website.
Any thoughts are appreciated, especially on dating the blade and the components of this sword (tsuba, menuki, saya, tsuka...)

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Hello guys, I am the new guy here, this is my first post. So please bear with me :)
I got a question regarding the variation of signatures from the same smith.

Question 1: Most sword made by Bicchunokami Tachibana Yasuhiro comes with a chrysanthemum crest but also some don't. Why is that?

Question 2: What is the difference between a Bizen sword sign "Bishu Osafune Norimitsu" vs just "Norimitsu" ? Is the latter a kazuuchi sword or its out right fake?

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Hi folks!
This is my first post so I hope I get the photos and info all done correctly!! Here goes.