Hermes

The blade is heavy and sharp.

I have a few SS blades with the Naval Anchor stamp, but this one is a larger, i never seen a real WWII blade with English?

All the holes are drilled, two through, one not through.

Found with a WWII sword. Thank You.

No headache here Rich, glad to see a smile next to your headache! LOL hehe "May 2011 bring you lots of wonderful Nihonto; all Juyo." I second that motion. Cheers!

I agree about the cloves oil leaving marks John, for me it was on the blades, staining them, i stay away from using anything with cloves oil in it myself now, i use the 3 oils below, all good IMO, never had the chance to use Camellia Oil? Rem oil Hoppe's oil Outer oil

It is hard for me to say how much on a Emura blade, the prices can go high these days, here is one that just sold on Ebay last month, hope this helps. http://cgi.ebay.ph/Japanese-WW-II-Army- ... 0288550303

Very Nice Bowie! Here is one i have made by Kuzan, not Nihonto (remember the video of the bullet getting cut in two hitting one of his swords a few years back i believe?) when he was working with Bob Loveless in 1978 as marked on the blade, he used a chisel like you would use to mark a Japanese Sword, notice the sheath looks like Bob made it?

My advice is to wait and buy one in polish with paper from a dealer in Japan you know you can trust like one below, don't waste your money on the unknown like i did in the past. I have bought swords from them below and i trust them, let others buy out of polish swords that know more then us. http://www.aoi-art.com/ http://www.samuraishokai.jp/index.html http://www.e-sword.jp/newlineup.htm

Thanks guys, here you go Tom, Blade length 69cm, Kasane 8.1mm, Width at the hamachi 3.2cm, Sori 5mm, Nakago width 9.1mm.

Ditto Mark, both the same and it looks real to me?

Tom helped me get in tomorrow, i am excited!!! :D Heading back to the Show, it opens at 12:00 noon. Cheers!

Thanks Tom, see you to first thing tomorrow, 10:00 AM sharp! Cheers!