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Thank you Mr Sinclaire,I would like to take you up on your kind offer. e mail sent. Rohan

Thank you Peter. The V and A Curator is Gregory Irvine,can you suggest some one in the UK that could examine them. Rohan

A few more photos,of the older one. Thanks Rohan.

Years ago he wrote to the Victoria and Albert museum and sent them some faxes of the signature of the bottom one they said it may be made by Bishu YOSHIMITSU of Bizen province,(modern day Okayama).Number of smiths using this signature,earliest dates,Dated 1350-1688 -but all seemed to sign using a longer signature with honorific titles. The curator goes on to say the blade above the habaki hamon resembles the sloping style of the Yokoyama school. Not that that means much to me! at this stage. Rohan.

Hi folks my Dad has given me a couple of Japanese swords, he has had them for 30+ years. I'm after some info on them,how old and a valuation(not that I'm selling them). This is the bottom one the better of the two. Top one. Cheers