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Hi Ray, Thanks, I shall investigate! All the best, Taran

Hi Raymond, This is exactly what I was looking for! Fantastic, the firefly sword will now be in the book :-). Thank you so much! I can't find anything on the Botazukuri koshigatana, do you have any more info on it? Thanks again for all your help. All the best, Taran

Hi Jussi, Are those available online at all? They would be very useful!

Ray, thank you so much, this is extremely useful!

Hi Steve, thanks for this update, originally I had thought the spear was unidentifiable and thus I could use it, but if its remains were identified then I cannot, so will remove it from my list. Thanks for this!

Hi Brian, My apologies, just the names and descriptions. All the best, Taran

Haha. Rumours work for me, if you know of any others.

Hello, Sorry to drop in on your forum, please feel free to ignore the post/delete it if it is intrusive. My name is Taran Matharu and I am a NTY bestselling author researching my next book series. I am currently searching for the names of famous Japanese swords that have gone missing, or their locations are currently unknown. Currently I have a list of three (+ one spear) and I am hoping that someone with the right knowledge and expertise might point me in the right direction to finding the names of others. If anything springs to mind, I would truly appreciate your help. 1185 - The Kusanagi Sword 1945 - The Honjo Masamune (chipped in a few places) and 14 other samurai swords along with it. 1945 - Otegine, one of three legendary spears of Japan 1946 - Nobeoka Mitsutada samurai sword. Thanks for reading. Taran