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  1. 37 minutes ago, Joab said:

    So it probably doesn't have much value being so recently made???????      Thank you for your responses...

    Not necessarily...Your tanto's nakago looks pretty crude. It looks to me like it might have been relatively recently repurposed from the broken tip of a longer sword.

     

    Hoanh

  2. Mark,

     

    I like your sword a lot - nice shape, nice nie. On the one hand, the mei and the placement of the nakago ana seem right. On the other hand, as Geraint pointed out, the age seems off. The nakago jiri seems off as well. The workmanship doesn’t match yasuhiro’s Ishido style, either. So, I am leaning on gimei. Again, regardless of the mei, it is a nice sword. 
     

    Hoanh

  3. Julius, 

     

    “Restoration” is not a one-stop shop. Each craftsman specializes in one area. Also, it’s not a cheap proposition. For example, if you want to polish the sword, I would recommend sending it off to have new shirasaya made (~$400 for a wakizashi, ~6 months lead time). Then, send it off to have it polished by a properly trained polisher (~$100/inch, ~18 months lead time). By the time all said and done, you are looking at 2 years and $2k-$3k. You might want to hold off on any restoration and do a bit of reading to figure out what you really want to do. 


    Hoanh

  4. From what I see, it has zero chance of being a  Inoue Shinkai tanto. Age-wise, I would guess no earlier than Edo. Value-wise, it's hard to say. Rough guess, under $1000. More close up pictures, especially without the habaki, will help to narrow things down a little.

     

    Hoanh

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