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  1. I wear latex gloves when I handle my blades, it's not obvious on first glance due to how tight that particular pair was. I got the blade in part of a larger deal, my collection mostly spans swords of European origins and I figured I might as well add something slightly different to it. The history that goes along with the blade is worthwhile to me.
  2. I've posted a few pics of the blade of my new wakizashi in the translation section but figured it would be best to move those questions to the appropriate part of the forum. I was going to have some dimensions ready for this post but will have to add them a little later on. The only thing that I was really unable to capture in pictures was the hamon, it is fairly faint at first glance but is present under close inspection. It had a fairly short wavy pattern that was fairly sporadic in the amplitude of the waves. Anyways here are a few pics to look at. If you need a specific picture of the blade to help in your determination let me know and I can get one.
  3. So I've done myself a favor and written out the characters on the tsuba and seppa as best I could. The characters are probably a little off since my Japanese hand writing is not very good which is made worse by me trying to copy what I was able to see through x20 magnification. I've organized them into two lines per piece, the left being the left side and the right being the right side. I've tried comparing the characters to katakana charts but I'm having a hard time figuring out a few of the characters.
  4. The pictures of it assembled were prior to me taking it apart and correcting the misplacement, the previous owner had taken it apart before to try and find a tang stamp. And yes all the scabbard fittings were missing, from what I have been able to figure out from the previous owner is that they were missing when the sword was brought back from the war.
  5. So far the only maintenance I have dared to do to the blade was wiping down the blade with a little isoprobyl to clean it of fingerprints from it's previous owner who was not very careful with it. At one point the blade was apparently very clean and devoid of any rust though the chips and dings were still present. I also did apply a little bit of gun lubrication oil to the blade though I was not sure if it was alright to apply any to the NAKAGO. Here are all the current pictures I have of the blade, I can get more this weekend if needed. I also attached two pictures of the saya though it is missing all of it's mountings.
  6. From what I have been able to establish from the SBG forums is that it is a kai gunto, possibly a naval aviators sword due to it being a wakizashi. My only issue with that is that it is missing the small retention clip and does not appear to have ever had one fitted to the handle.
  7. I suppose it is also worth noting that I am somewhat suspecting the blade to be newer than the rest of the sword however the lack of a second peg hole on both the blade and handle leaves me super confused about that. It is without a doubt no newer than 1944 though as that is when it was brought to the US by a family member.
  8. So I recently acquired a wakizashi from a relative and wanted to learn a bit more about it. The sword was brought back from ww2 along with a few bayonets and an officer's sword. The blade itself is completely devoid of any kanji but the tsuba and seppa's have some kanji on them. Also on the kashira (hope that is the right term) there is a crest which from what I can tell is from the mori clan though I'm not entirely sure as there seems to be quite a few different variations of that particular crest. There are a few peculiarities with the sword however, the first is that there is only one peg holding the blade in place instead of the usual two. The second is that the scabbard is a good five inches longer than the actual blade. Also of note is that the entire guard is comprised of 6 seppa (seppa or seppas?) two slightly larger pieces and a central thicker tsuba made of copper. All of the seppa are either a brass or similar composite but two are very dark from ageing and from contact with the other non brass pieces. Any and all input is greatly appreciated.
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