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A gentleman from Tokyo named Albert Yamanaka told my dad in 1966 that it was an Inoue Shinkai blade and offered him $3,000.00 back then. The dragon is only complete on one side, the other side is not finished. Not sure why, I did see a sword online that had an almost identical dragon. It may have been added later. I'm pretty new to this so bare with me.

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I have a sword with this signature Inoue Shinkai. I inherited this from my dad who was a Marine in WWII he got it in battle in Guam from a Japanese officer he killed. This officer also had an olympic medal. Any opinions? Should I get it authenticated by a Shinsa? I don't intend to sell it but I want to pass it on to my children. I have gotten all kinds of varied feed back. One collector told me to put it on e-bayand price it for 1,200 and he would buy it another told me it was authentic. One offered me 6,000.00 as is. Don't know who to believe.