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My family has this Japanese sword and I'm curious about it's origins. The thing I'm most curious about is why there is no signature on the nakago. Also why there is a number on it as well. Here's the pictures: https://imgur.com/a/e1SYl, https://imgur.com/a/sg2ao There also seems to be feint scratches on the nakago. EDIT: If you need anymore pictures just ask

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Noah,

 

It is a WWII era Japanese officer sword. It is the second one I have seen recently with this mix of Type 3 handle on a blade with all the rest of the fittings Type 98. You can see the differences here: http://ohmura-study.net/902.html

 

 

It was common to see blades without signatures during the war. Swordsmiths were given huge quotas to fill and signatures took time. I'm not entirely sure which scratch marks you are seeing, but nakagos normally were made with file marks.

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Noah,

 

It is a WWII era Japanese officer sword. It is the second one I have seen recently with this mix of Type 3 handle on a blade with all the rest of the fittings Type 98. You can see the differences here: http://ohmura-study.net/902.html

 

 

It was common to see blades without signatures during the war. Swordsmiths were given huge quotas to fill and signatures took time. I'm not entirely sure which scratch marks you are seeing, but nakagos normally were made with file marks.

Do you know anything about the number that happens to be on the nakago?

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