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Thanks for that information, could you please tell me what the address is, thanks.

COULD ANY OF YOU KNOWLEDGABLE CHAPS ASSIST WITH THIS SAYA INSCRIPTION, I DO NOT KNOW HOW OLD IT IS OR IF IT IS DONE IN INK OR FELT TIP PEN, IT HOUSES A WAKIZASHI SIGNED " masa mune" YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED.

Hi Guys, thanks for all your comments and views so far, I will get better photo's and include the whole blade, trying to capture the details within, be back soon,Les.

Hi Folks,I have finally joined this forum after many years just looking at it, I live in Scotland and have been a keen collector of Japanese swords and fittings for the past 30 years, I have popped on a couple of photographs of a sword tang, please excuse the quality of these as I am a bit of a technophobe when it comes to computeres etc, I see Mr Lindus has posted some kind words about me, mant thanks and I hope to be able to contribute to this forum in the future, I am amazed at the willingness of the members to share information on this forum covering this extremely interesting subject, cheers for now, Les.

Hello I have been looking into this message board for some years and recently decided to join, I am a keen collector of Japanese swords and fitting and I have been collecting for 30 years.I have some nice pieces in my collection and this is one of the more interesting, I have had various opinions on this signature and thought I would put it out to a larger audience for further opinions, please excuse the quality of photographs, I am also a bit of a technophobe and not to good when it comes to loading and adding files, so please bear with me, my replies may also be a bit on the slow side. hoping to hear from some of you with your views, cheers.