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Rokujuro , Thank you so very much for your reply. The task will be perfect for my buddy. All of his blades end up going to Japan anyways, and they are of very high quality. We just need dimensions and measurements, May I ask would you be able to send me some pictures possibly? That way I can get a look at the beveling and the edges the Contours etc

Guys my Buddy has asked me for some help with a project on Japanese blades. Our first project would be a naginata blade. My question is can anyone give me measurements of the naginata? I would need measirements of thickness of mune , hi etc. Maybe a few pictures of beveled edges etc

Steve M, thank you so very much for your reply. I was curious to see what they said on them. I suppose the kanji looks legitimate, as to the construction of the flags being silk, and how they are constructed i am still unsure of,. Here are more pictures

Guys I had met a collector of World War II Japanese flags, before I commit to a purchase I would like to know if the signatures on these flags read out to anything legitimate such as names or dates possibly places. I have read stories of people scribbling kanji onto flags and showing them to people who don't know what it reads or means. Can you guys tell me if this kanji actually reads out to anything? Any help is always greatly appreciated

Can anyone tell me the significance of the small square shaped symbol?

Here is some more pictures, i can get more pictures taken tomorrow.

Reeder i now know you saw the posting as well. Should be a decent blade for the price. Will update tomorrow with better pictures

Here are a few photos of what i have got si far

Uwe, thank you for your reply. I will pickup the sword and i will take more photos to post on the forum. Thank you again

Guys not sure why but my photos are not being uploaded correctly. Seems when i upload them the flip sideways. Any help? Thanks guys, Chuck

Guys can I have some help with the translation of this mei? I am to go look at this blade today. A war bringback shirasaya

Yes Peter I would love to find good reference material I prefer books rather than Electronics. If a computer goes out or an electronical device I would have no way to look at anything at all. Reference material is one of the best things to be armed with, I really have had no clue of where to get any books on the subject. I'm glad you have made that apparent. I have learned the word gimei and it seems to be a term thrown around when collectors are unsure of or cannot verify themselves personally that a swordsmiths signature is authentic or not...Then we hear about papers and verification process yada yada

Guys thanks fornthe replies. I will be checking the blade out in person in an hour or so and will show more pictures. Iam unsure what to offer.

Surfson , thank you very much. May i ask when this blade may have been made etc?

Is hawley a book for reference? Or website?

Guy's at the moment i have no reference materials, i will have a second look at the pictures

hello guys a local collector has offered a sword for sale. I am unsure of the signature as far as what it reads can anyone help me with a translation please? I will try to get better pictures from the seller if need be

Cool stuff. I just grabbed up two veteran bringback lots . one of 5 katana and then two more... I love the history on them. I was wondering about the fake blade but now that i think of it was obviously a wartime souvenir of sorts and makes sense... Swoop up the veteran bringback hordes and sort out the details later ???? ????

Maybe have another pole made? I would leave it. A soldier who probably fought the Japanese or maybe raided a dojo or home lol, or bought it as a gift and the only way to get it home was to sacrifice the wood...either way its history.. It being made was history... And the war was too so it tells a story and that in itself is pretty cool ????

I would just say paper it and you will have your definitive answer. Five different guys will give you five hundred different answers here...some may say its bad but given the opportunity they would buy it if it was infront of them on a whim, gamble or shot in the dark. Some may even say its gimei but then tell you they are not an authority on this matter and it should go to shinsa... So their two cents is worthless ????. Either way i wish ya luck. If it was infront of me i would have bought it...

Out of nowhere seller sent me a message asking where I lived. Then he asked if I had any guns for trade. After that he fell off the face of the Earth again. Probably looking for someone else's Goods weighing his options not sure seems weird.

Guys thanks again for the response. I can take this no further as the seller is now unresponsive... I could not even get a timely response from him. Took him two months to get back to my initial email, and now the same thing.... I did tell him about the fake katana sword and his response was not too kind.... Now he will not reply. He basically wanted to know what i would pay for the swords and then when i told him about the gimei signature and bad sword he just dropped off.... Seems he may be looking for a novice collector to make the leap and buy the swords... He will probably email me in a month after some failed attempts to scam someone else... Guy seems shifty... Bad vibes...

Guys thank you for all the information, I will be holding off on this one as the seller seems pretty Shifty. I cannot get any more pictures or response out of the guy, something is off....

I am unfamiliar with the signature in question, also posted in the translation section

Reeder the same thing happened to me he didn't respond to me for about a month maybe two seems like he had me on the back burner for somebody else. Some of the swords looked kind of weird also thought I saw them for sale in different states. Didn't want to get into the katana swords yet I figured I would try to see what was up with this one first