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I seem to have too much free time today, so I took the image from "Candleabra's" post and marked the matching strokes between his and the known-good examples, using colors to match the strokes.
I don't follow your comment about 'horizontal' vs 'vertical' on those particular strokes (the purple ones) - all examples are horizontal. Perhaps you're misinterpreting the equivalent strokes.

In red color, I marked the differences that I think are most obvious, and a likely indication that they were written by different people.

The diffs that I think are the most important are:

I am having trouble translating the characters on this nakago. It is the reverse of the nakago so I assume its the details of date etc, rather than the smith.
Also, is it relevant that the characters seem to be 'hanging off the edge' - ie, seem very close to the edge? Visually this seems odd to me?

Just received the Kokan Nagayama hardback - Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords - a very steep learning curve obviously. Unbelievably detailed - I don't know where to start.
Thanks for the recommendation.

Cheers

Andy

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Dear reader(s),

I just added this sword it was a nice find at a garage sale .

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Hello- I have had this Wakizashi sword for almost 20 years. It was handed down to me form my Grandfather who served in WW2. I know almost nothing about it and appreciate any comments as to its origin.
Thank you,
Ben

Hi,

Just wondering about some very basic or obvious aspects of a signature on a nakago.
This one appears to say Bitchu No Kami Yasuhiro - I used Pete's Kanji ID List to decipher - thanks.
I realise that a great blade is a great blade and that is the most important aspect, and I appreciate that, but I just wanted to dwell on signature in respect of this blade.

I have another wakazashi where I am having trouble deciphering the tang signature and consequently the age of the blade. I'm told it's Meiji period. Have added photos in a PDF showing tang with signature and also signature on kozuka, which is different.

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Greetings, I just discovered this site and how extensive it is. I was hoping to have some translation help so I can find the Smith on this site and do some of my own research. Thanks for all the help and I'll post pictures of the blade soon.

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Greetings,
I am new to this informative site and was wondering if I may receive input into this small Tanto. Any information is appreciated. Thank you for your time and looking forward to your comments.

(Accidentally placed in my blog and now re-posted here in this forum)

I am new to this club and hope to find some information regarding a WW2 Gunto "Bring Back" sword.