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I remember my former marine grandpa allowing me to look at this when I was s kid, he never talked about how or who it came from, only that he carried it off from Iwo Jima. He passed recently at 93 and surprisingly left it to me. Any info at all would greatly help, I have no idea we’re to start.

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I have been given ,as a gift,a sword.I believe it is a WW2 military Katana ,I have done a little reading around the subject,It has fairly standard Tsuba and grip,( forgive my terminology,) I am not a collector or a dealer.

Is anyone familiar with the smith: "Bungo no kame Sukemune." Not in Swordsmith index. No date, but perhaps around 1600.

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Hi.
I have a sword I could really use some help with identification and origin. When the sword was passed down to me it had a sticky note stating Ryokai Hideyoshi, Buzen Province. 1428. (Tachi). Is this accurate? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin

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22 and quarter inch, with a 9 inch handle,blade has markings, but some you cant see , wood peg through handle any help i have better pics but i have to transfer to my computer and have not figured it out yet, Thanks you all you might have to zoom in

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Hi,

I was hoping to get some assistance with translating Mei on a few of my pieces. First piece is attached here. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hi friends,
I need some expert advise on dating my Wakizashi.
I am mostly sure it is Norimitsu, but would like to confirm this, and also if possible to date the generation, school.
My late father gave it to me when I started practising Kendo,and because I was interested in japanese swords since I was a kid.
It had been in his possession for a long time, he acquired it being a collector, but I do not know more details on provenance.

I uploaded more pictures under private collection item.

Any hints welcome.
Thank you so much

Eddy

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Help Please!

I have recently purchased a WW2 Japanese Officers sword on which the tang is marked with a makers name.

The blade is in superb condition. has a gorgeous hamon and appears to be of extremely fine quality.

However, as I cannot read Japanese I have been unable to identify the maker.

If anyone can assist I would be extremely grateful.

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Many thanks

Greg

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Hi, I've spent many hours researching the marking on the tang
with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.