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Hi Rawa, The yasurime and the execution of the mei give me the impression that it's not a Japanese sword. It reminds me of the examples of Komonjo swords I've seen online, but I'm no expert. Let's wait and see if someone can shed some light on this.

Done, thank you as always Ray.

Thanks Ray, I had already read this post, do you have any information on whether it is still active?

Hi fellows, I am looking for information about this smith, everything I found on the internet is below. I guess he is no longer active, I would appreciate it if someone has images of his works, they could post them in this thread. Thank you very much to everyone. "The smith Oguri MOTOSHIGE 小栗基重 was born in 1953, Shuchi-gun, Shizuoka-pref,real name Tatsumi 辰巳. He started the practice in 1976 under Kita SADAHIRO 喜多貞寬 who was an senior fellow of the living National Treasure 2nd Gassan Sadaichi 月山貞一 to study sword making. In 1983 in order to obtain the superb technique of sword carving he became a pupil of Yanagimura Senju 柳村仙寿 who is designated as being an important cultural treasure of Okayama-pref,as well as being qualified as Mukansa 無鑑査 who is not submitted to the jury for appraisal classification. In 1989, he started to display his swords in the Contemporary Swords and Artwork's in The Japanese Sword Museum and has been chosen for the Nyusen awarded as much as 15 times in sword category and 9 times in carving category." Text from Sanmei. Some of his works that I have been able to find:

Thanks for your words Dimitri!

Hi , this is my next project. Please underestand this is a protoype and it's unfinished. It's a cabinet with 4 led dimmable focus, If someone wants to follow the project I leave my instagram account, thanks : @inazuma_gallery

Thank you very much for your words Michael, they help me to continue improving. The sword is from the Mishina school (Kinmichi), I'm glad you like it!

If anyone is interested in one like this, please contact me, I can customize the finish. Thanks for reading!

Another session with a clean version, also with a nihonto to see the results:

This is the final product. I hope you like it