Many thanks, I didn't know for sure if I was being taken to the proverbial cleaners or not. The piece has a very interesting Hammon. The closest I could tell is that it is Hitasura with many tobiaki but I could be wrong. I am not well versed but I will get better. If this is a showa blade, then why would it have such a weird hammon? 
  
  
  
         tim Schlotter 
         Indiana