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Thanks Pnsshogun, Just kept in touch with him. A very nice person he seems. Will update here, if anything new pops up in regards to this sword. And thank you all for such good guidance.

Didn't realize its that expensive Rokujuro. That means easy few thousands plus the bent tip and overall fixtures. I used to ask myaelf, when I seen some very shiny swords meant new, but didnt relaize all the hard work to bring it to that state needed such skills. I will be browsing more threads here and learn as much as I can. And thanks Raymond, I hope it is worth it. Bob Benson, you mentioned, where can I find to evaluate, as am in Australia. Thanks again.

Hi Everyone, thank you for all the input and general knowledge and I checked out the link Bruce, and quite useful, and I agree, I later read somewhere to not clean swords if you do not how to clean. But the writings were very rusty and blades as you can see in one of the photo so I had to clean a bit to read the little characters plus had to see the condition. Looks like it's not worth fixing anyways. Steve, thank you for a detailed description and have to agree and be more wise next time when I purchase a Japanese Sword next time. A lot to learn, thank you for the translation as I googled and only cannot find the names. It has been an Interesting Journey. I wanted to display a beautiful sword but an antique one like this so bought it. Atleast looks antique as the Admin has mentioned, sadly without it being shiny and restored, it seems the appealing is not much there. Surprised it is expensive to restore swords ? why ? I cleaned Tsuba and finally can see copper and bronze but all worn out. Max

Hi Raymond, Thanks for the info. What is KAO ? Is that all it says on the big writing ? And you are right, the other side seems older writing and small and thus the words are not clear. What kind of sword is this ? I really have 0 knowledge on it. How can I fix the leather scabbard and the tip of this sword which is bent. Thank you.

Hi! members, Glad to be here and finally my curiosity of what this sword, which I happened to purchase things in auction that I have no idea of, what I am going to do next. This sword story is similar as well. I realized it was in pretty bad shape, I didn't even look at it and just looking at the cover of the sword and some other handle pieces, at that moment in time bought it. Sadly, I have no idea at all of what it is, besides it's a Samurai sword, did a lot of research on big Google and still can't distinguish what type of sword it is and which era? Katana? And I can't read Japanese or Chinese. It has some scripts written on it, both sides. One side is bigger and clear and other side is smaller and only few words can be seen. Hope some members can read it. I hope some members from here could, enlighten me with some info in regards to this sword. Also any info on cleaning the sword? had a bit of rust and I cleaned it with soap and water and a sponge, which looks a lot better now and the tip has been slightly bent and few dents on the sharp edges . And how can I put the handle back on it ? Would love to restore the original leather cover if possible too. Any ideas. Thanks Max