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I understand, it is hard for me as this is not one of my hobbies. I only know that my grandpa brought it back after fighting. I do not know any info about these types of swords. Like i said earlier, once I graduate college, I will be able to have some work done on it. Others have told me to only take it to a trained Japanese swordsmith, in about a year or so I will be able to. I will message on here where to send it when i get to that point. One guy said on youtube that he can help me. I dont know about anything, so i would need to message here and get others opinions before i do something. Thanks for your message.

Hi Ron, i just uploaded a new video.. an actual video of the sword as well as other items. Here is the link: thanks for messaging and I know some time has passed.

ah ok, thanks for letting me know. is what is the reason?

Thats amazing!

i was able to find where my grandma took it to, website is http://Japanese-swords.com/ name is fred lohman

Well what is the chance this sword on the island in the pile of other swords didn't have a scabbard on it so he just found a random one to put on it. I don't know what they used to hold them in war but is there a chance this goes to a different sword? I could send a pic of how it sits in it but I have no clue.

Thank you for the comment. I did a lot of research before hand and was able to oil the blade. I have not done anything else. I get out of college soon and plan to take it in to restore. My grandma took it to a local guy to be checked out. I'll need to see if I can find the business card to do background research on him. Thank you again for telling me all of this info. I am into coins and computers and do not know anything about swords in general though I do know history. Everything is much appreciated!

thanks, here is a new video sorry for the late response

New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z95rAlZDeeg

Hello, I will post some more pictures in a few weeks when I am back home. From looking at it before I didn't see any markings on it. Here are some more pictures from my Instagram account that I took awhile back. https://www.instagram.com/p/BV5rftHgSL1/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BYXQMlmABON/ Michael

Hello All, I own the sword that is pictured in the YouTube video that was posted on here. My grandpa brought it back after fighting at Iwo Jima and I have at home the slip of paper that says why the US that he is allowed to bring back home the sword and also a Japanese rifle. My grandma was the one who gave me the sword once I got older way after my grandpa passed. She also said that the rifle was lost or something many years ago. I do not know much of anything about the model or who made the sword or the origins of it. She took it to someone who restores actual old Japanese swords and she said it would be very expensive to get the handle and blade restored. I'm wanting to do that at least later in life once I have the money. Thanks everyone, Michael