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I inherited a sword that was brought back from WW2 by my wife’s grandfather.
It is not in great condition but I have not been able to decipher its origin.
I will attach pictures. There are 5 Japanese characters plus a small symbol on the tang. On one side of the blade is an engraved dragon chasing a flaming jewel. The detail is good. On the other side there is a symbol I have not seen anywhere in my research so far. Any help would be appreciated. This is a katana.

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A small shakudo kozuka with a dragon and tiger with of gold and silver inlays on the front and a gold textured reverse with a really clear signature that I am not familiar with - any help identifying the signature would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I ask for your help, I have 3 questions to ask you;
the first is to read the signature on the nakago I can't understand if Motozane or Motosada.
the second is an original signature (I see many beatings on the metal).
the third is on the nakago there are five signs on the edge mean something in particular.
Thanks for your help
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Hi everybody, i bought an interesting japanese jumonji in it's original polishing and can't translate the wordsmith name?.
need help???
thanks, sébastien

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hello you all, i got this very old Wakizashi 14 inch cutting part, the whole blade a little bigger , i sent a couple of pics with this very simple signature, but old so could be a little not perfect, also i sent a pic of the hammon if this would help,,,, i no you all are out there dont leave me hanging talk to me thanks for any info

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Hello- Not entirely sure what I have here. It is much like the other IJN daggers going around, but with very different markings and only a single hanger. I have seen some references to Manchuria/Manchukuo but Im just not finding much detail. Thanks for all assistance. I have not tried to take it apart, and I haven't had it very long. It is a very interesting piece nonetheless.

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hello my name is greg . i pickde up this sword about 1 1\2 years ago.a ww2 bring back. the guy used a cleaner on the blade and nakago. there are a few specks of rust lift on the nakago oh well 200hundred years it will be rusted again. any help would be geratly appreaiced.thank you.

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this is what im seeing on my sword,the first two symbols im fairly sure about, the last four there could be some left out, or maybe a little different its hard to tell. well has anybody ever seen this before, i was curious about it. thanks

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would you all take a look at this maybe zoom in, do you see anything, is there some kinda writing on it, looks like something but dont no what thanks what you all think

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I was looking at various katana and wakizashi yesterday and was confused by one particular wakizashi that was hira-zukuri(flat sided) on one face and shinogi-zukuri on the opposite face. I've not seen this before and initially thought it must have been 'over polished' and lost its shinogi line on the flat side. But it looks so purposeful and I wondered if the swordsmith used the blade as a kind of experiment, possibly because of overall dissatisfaction with the blade, or maybe it was an apprentice piece or...??