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  1. Hi Scott,  As Ray said your sword is signed Tenshozan which is the name of a forge.  The sword is stainless steel, and is in WW2 Naval officer's mounts.  The sword is missing its Tsuba (sword guard) and two Daiseppa (large decorative washers that look like sun rays, on each side of the Tsuba).  The Saya (scabbard) is wrapped in shark skin with black lacquer applied to it.

     

    Tom

  2. Hey Noah, the "patina" on the tang is consistent with a Showa date, so no worries there.  If Jimmy Hayashi did the polish you can rest assured that it is PERFECT!  I've seen several of his polishes, and have a sword polished by him.  So I'm sure its beautiful.  I think what Jean is saying is that the photos are not very good to make a determination of how nice it is.  Given the cost of one of his polishes and a new shirasaya the price of this sword is quite good. 

     

    Tom M. 

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  3. Hi Mark,

    The sword is signed "SHINANO (no) KAMI FUJI-WARA DAI-DO"   There were three generations, in Mino, that signed with the "shinano no kami" title, spanning from 1624 to 1716. 

    You will need to do a lot more research to establish which generation this is, or if the signature is correct. The picture of the blade doesn't give us enough detail to establish the condition let alone the detail of the hamon and other important features.

     

        Tom M.

  4. Good morning "YooperSkipper", your sword is a late ww2 army officer's sword.  The first picture of the tang is the date it was made Sho-Wa Ni-Ju Nen San Gatsu (march , 1945)  The last photo is the swordsmith's name,"Yoshi-Tada" . I'm sure you would have trouble trying to translate this, this guy's writing is really sloppy!

     

        Hope this helps,if you have any other questions just ask.    Tom M.

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