Matt House

thanks. I'll see if I can fix the images, I'm not sure why they don't work.

Uh.. Geraint? I sent those images you asked for.

Sorry for the delay. Here are the pictures you asked for, feel free to ask for more or different photos. Just tell me what you need.

Thank you, but I have no idea what that means. I'm about as ignorant on the topic of Japanese swords as one can be, and still know what one is. Could you enlighten me?

Sigh, because of course it would come out sideways, even after several attempts to make it come out vertical. My apologies.

So I'm hoping to get some help identifying/translating the markings on an old blade. It was a gift from an old friend, and I've just now gotten a fire under me to do something about it. It's been pretty badly maimed, and I think it's a WWII 'bring back' that someone took an angle grinder to the edge of, blunting it. More pictures available on request.