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Thank you again Wil try to find some more information. Can UTKAN

Now is the time I wish I had studied Kanji.. Thank you for your time Moriyama-san & Morita-san.. Could anyone translate what it means? I would appreciate it very much. Can UTKAN

Koichi-san, Domo arigato gozaimasu, I was wondering if the mispelling could have been carried out to other publications as well... Could anyone tell me more about said smith? Thanks in advance Can UTKAN

Hello, I am here hoping, once again, that the valuable members of this forum will share their vast knowledge! I had posted a sword a while back and the smith that made it was indentified as... ---- a pupil of Toshihide, Numazawa Toshimitsu made". FYI; He is listed in the group of CHUGE SAKU (???) on the following page. http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/tosho.htm ---- furthermore someone else pointed that ---- Numazawa Toshimitsu/ real name was Numazawa Takeo) ---- while I was spending some more time reading different posts I came upon an answer posted by Stephen pointing to the "Gendai Toko Meikan" index.. I did a small search and came up with this.. This smith is listed on P.161 as Numazuwa Takeo - Toshimitsu My question is.. which spelling is correct.. numazAwa or numazUwa? and could anyone point me to an article about this smith?? again thank you very much in advance for any information.. Sincerely Can UTKAN

This is all very interesting, I am planning on sending a sword to the states for appraisal but not very fond of postal services. A friend of mine is going there in 10 days and I am thinking of having him take the sword. Does anybody know if he might encounter problems at the border? Dont want to get him into trouble either Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Can UTKAN

Dear all, I have just recently started acquiring information on this particular field and have one question that I am looking for an answer. Due to my location I do not have access to anybody that could take a look at my sword for accurate apraisal. (I have posted the pics of said blade in a topic below) From the current info it looks to be a kai-gunto gendaito blade made by a smith called Numazawa Toshimitsu. (military , hand-made). I got in touch with a few Togi's who were all very very helpful to get a quote about polishing, shirsaya & habaki.. The average price is about 3000 Usd. which seems right considering the labour it takes to produce a good polish.. Considering that the prices of blades can go from 1000 to 80 000 usd I am in a jam so to speak. One of the Togi's even offered to have a look at the blade and give his opinion before doing any work on it to see if it would benefit from a polish. I am thinking of sending him the blade but am scared as he is in the US and well you know the postal service etc.. If there is anyone who could give an approx. value of such a blade it would be very very helpful.. Btw, the blade was a present and I am located in Istanbul. and also sorry if my terminology is not 100% accurate, there is a lot to learn Sincerely Can UTKAN

Dear Stephen, Thank you for your help.. I have contacted a few Togi and the polishing process is a long and very expensive one! Still trying to decide if I should do it (and afford it ) Thanks to everybody who has provided with information.. Can UTKAN

Dear Stephen, yes it is indeed a military sword (ie military mounts) though one interetsing thing is (maybe ) of all the pics I ve seen on the net all of these swords have 1 obi-tori & ashi on the saya.. Mine has 2 .. dont know if this has any relevance at all... I would love to bring it to a togi but there are of course none here.. so I will see what I can do.. anyways thank you all for all the help.. if anybody has more comments would love to hear them.. Can Utkan

Thank you to everybody for their help.. here is a better picture of the blade that I took in daylight.. as you can see the condition is not superb.. what can I do now to help the condition? And also is it ok to change the fittings of the sword? ie.. handle etc.. It is probably safe to assume then that this indeed is a hand made blade by the above mentioned smith.. Again thank you for the help..

sorry for the misunderstanding... the sword never left Japan prior to being given to us.. I now have the sword in istanbul and it does not have a torkusho that I know...

One last question.. I have looked at the list you pointed at.. Just curious what does ??? (CHUGE SAKU) = ????? (Ryoko no Joi) = mean? Thank you very much for helping a newbie..

Thank you very very much! This is vey helpful.. As this sword never left Japan is it safe to assume it is genuine?? Also this would mean that it is a traditionally made sword.. definetely need to take good care of it.. do you think I should have it looked at by a specialist? Thank you very much in advance.. Hontonii Domo arigoato gozaimasu..

I own a sword that was given as a gift to my father while he was in Japan. It is a Japanese military sword with signature... I have uploaded 3 pics of the signature, on the other side is a date which I have translated as "19 th year of showa 2nd month 5th day" But the signature beats me.. It was we are told an officer's sword.. I am planning a trip to Japan in a couple of months and would like to invest in a cleaning kit if it is indeed hand made.. I really hope you can help me..