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Quite a long time ago.... the sword still is in Japan... story too long to tell, I'm afraid. But now with Sayagaki. Can anyone assist with translating? Google photo translation already gave up😂.

Can we spare a thought for the hosting bills? Hard to give a value, that differs country to country. Nice professional polish and a decent horimono. So small openings. Any papers? I think the drop due to wakizashi size is significant nowadays. I'm not even going to guess a value, but a decent mid level wakizashi.

Hi Yoon, Thanks for your post and welcome to our shared hobby--enjoy! In my opinion, you have done enough now and can just enjoy these, while keeping an eye on them periodically. It has sentimental value to you and you will in time collect and learn more. "Enjoy the ride".

What do you think the value of this O-Wakizashi is? Pardons but the is abit of Uchiko residue left after cleaning.. I wanted to take 24 Mb. pictures but the page doesn't allow me to upload.

Thanks Bruce and Kiipu, when I compare my sword to the auction one they are absolutely identical. So much so that I felt that they had to be made in the same factory. When I saw the "seki" stamp I thought that it indicated a different factory. So, if I understand you right same factory, just different inspection stamp? Just for what its worth my sword has an iron fuchi with no stamps at all, which I assume is correct for all side latch Nagoya 95's. Thanks again guys, Tom

The Seki 関 stamp displaced the Nagoya 名 stamp in the 201,500 range. However, old 名 blades occasionally show up later on.

Saw this thread had a new post and so I’m posting my Rain Dragon pair. One is slightly bigger. Thanks

Indeed, the show was Great. It surprised significantly on the upside. Mark did a phenomenal job. Even the taxi service was surprisingly good if you had access to an I-phone. I regret that I only spent 1 day there. It was my first show in 5 years. Next year, I will be back. Thank you Mark.

Thinking aloud. This sword could be pushing early Shinto based upon shape. Perhaps, even Momoyama. Earlier, hmm. Boshi, more Shinto-ish. Do we see hints of Yakidashi on the ura? Polish, color of jitetsu, sure looks Shinto-ish. Kantei based upon images is always a risk.

@Bugyotsuji I missed your translation post, sorry. Copy/paste below. So it is a gift sword, any ideas what author had in mind? 授与 (Juyo) is an awarded gift from above, someone senior to the recipient. Then it says 一彦殿, (Kazuhiko Dono, i.e. from? the esteemed Hazuhiko). 鬼種夫 (Kishuo?) seems to be the signature of the writer, but is it an Anime creature's name, 'husband of the demon'???

My apologize, I missed that, thank you!

Good advice from Bruce! The sword appears to be excellent condition...

These must be optical illusions? https://www.aoijapan...eki-sanami-kanetaka/ https://atarn.mandar...katana-fine-koshirae https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21861/lot/199/a-shinto-katana-with-koshira-e-by-fujiwara-soei-18th-century/ https://www.samuraimuseum.jp/shop/product/antique-Japanese-sword-katana-signed-by-kanetaka-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-certificate/

1. It was translated on the other thread. 2. You are asking for… what? Something beyond, more than the translation? For example, are you asking: “Who is Kazuhiko Dino?” And: “Who is Kishuo?”

See the translation above, Adam.

sure. i would post more photos after i get it. thank you very much:-)

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by that.

He sold that sword years ago. So it is possible.

Make him an offer. Posted prices are usually high, expecting lower offers.

Something I've never pursued, Thomas, interesting question. You see the same thing on the wooden handled 95s, too. Maybe @Kiipu Thomas has serial number ranges on two stamps? Really @Stegel or @Shamsy are the guys to ask. Neither are hanging out at NMB much lately. I'll check with them via email to see if they know. In the meantime, since these have steel fuchi, it's hard to see a shop stamp on them. When visible, though, the only shop I've seen is the Seki Token Co. My chart only tracks stamp use on officer blades, so I don't know how relevant it is to the 95s. But you can see that the use of the "Na" stamp was heavy in '43, tapered off in '44, and gone in '45; whereas, the small "Seki" began in '43, was heaviest in '44, and tapered in '45. So, it might be as simple as these blades might have been made in '43-'44 when both stamps were being used as they transitioned to the small Seki. Serial number ranges would tell us something. If they are randomly interspersed, then maybe they were both being used, but if the numbers show all Na in one group, and Seki in the next, then there might have been a clear transition from one stamp to the next. Na 3 8 77 20 4 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Seki, small, 3mm 9 26 15 2