Salvatori Moretto

Here is another quark of this blade. My polisher today says yes to it definitely being Japanese made, but he says the grain does not look like anything he has seen, he thinks maybe it was a smiths experimentation with an alloy steel to see what he could get with different steel. Can't wait to show pictures, should have it in hand by this weeks end. Thanks again for all the input! Sal

Yes I was thinking the nakago looks about ww2 patina wise. Not sure if maybe it was just a few years before though. My polisher likes to be anonymous I don't know why as he has some of the best work I have ever seen :D He says he will have more to tell me tomorrow but I thought I would get a general consensus from people here as well.

I apologize in advance if this was not the correct forum to post this in! I have a blade that is just being finished at my polishers. He has informed me that he feels it is traditionally made and well made at that. Blade also has a well executed bo-hi carved and a very nice hamon he says (yes I will be posting updated pictures as soon as it arrives with polish :D) My question is how often and why would a blade like this come to be? I uploaded the only pictures I still have of the blade. Were there many smiths during the war who made blades with bo-hi? Or should I be thinking this is pre war? Thanks for any and all help, I'll post more pics in just a few days when the blade is back in hand Sal'