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If its history can be figured out and there are modern day surviving family members of this blades original owners a transfer may be in the cards if potential said surviving family is interested

Selling it is not in the cards for me what so ever nor do i plan to in the future will likely pass down in my family but preserving it and caring for it is a must for me

Well i am at work for the next 12 hours so any more pictures have to wait but I am really just hoping that it still is in good enough condition that something can be learned about its history etc before any restoration attempts however restoration is eventually in the cards for me i assume it would cost several thousand however i am not terribly concerned about that at the moment more about just keeping it in as decent shape as possible until that point without damaging anything that could help to truly identify it.

Hello, so I recieved a katana from my grandfather after he passed away although was aware of the blade beforehand, I can't quite remember if it was given to him by a family member or friend of the family after the war i had sent pictures to a store or collector in Japan in 2016 however they may not have neccessarily been high quality enough for him to really identfy it only that it appeared to be a real sword dating 300-400 years back it appears to be unsigned or the tang is too rusty to really see it im not neccessarily looking to sell it as it has become a bit of a family treasure if only i could get more information about it or pointed in the right direction for authenticating it and learning about its history if possible, i know it is not a factory made blade and am fairly certain it is not a can carbon paper and a pencil or anything like that be taken to the tang to see if a signature arises from it or would it be better just to wait til i can get it to a professional? There is unfortunately a chip at the tip but i was informed it does not appear so bad as to cause to much concern for restoring it if there are any other specific images anyone would like feel free to ask

Hello All I received a Katana from my grandfather back in 2014 when he passed away I have sent some images of it to an appraiser out of Japan that said if its real it seems to be from the early edo period, its unsigned as far as i can tell the rust on the tang is very thick and black there are no markings on the blade that seem to indicate a signature or anything of that nature so I am trying to get some help identifying and possibly authenticating it in the future. The saya has some paper tags of some sort on it that I had asked someone to translate for me and they said the kanji was pre ww2 and they couldn't help it is also somewhat faded.I am very interested in trying to get as much info on this sword as I can. I am very new to this forum I apologize if my forum etiquette isn't the best. Thanks Tobin