yanni79

Planning to be in San Diego anytime soon?

Is there a place or a person in Southern California that you guys can recommend that I take it? I can't seem to find any shows that happen here. I reached out to a couple of people that have previously been active - but haven't heard back. I'm in San Diego, and would love to have someone take a closer look! Thank you, Yanni.

Thank you very much for the awesome info. I will try to take it to a professional for a closer inspection! Learning quite a bit, and to be honest it's way more exciting to learn about nihonto when you hold a potentially real sample in your hands!

Thanks John - I spent a lot of time trying to translate (my first time trying) - using this resource: http://meiboku.info/mei/ - to at least figure out what the signature was trying to fake - but I can't seem to identify any of the characters, other than the last one - which I think is supposed to be - SAKU - or "Made". Any help with the characters would be appreciated - I can take better pictures, or perhaps I should try tracing it with a paper-overlay technique?

Red flag for being junk/fake?

I could use some help with a nihontō identification. Pictures of the nakago included. Here's the link to the imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/E55NvAe . This was purchased from an estate liquidation. The handle appears to be wooden. Not sure if all of the pieces are original. The blade looks like it's in pretty good condition, which confuses me when trying to figure out the age, compared to the condition of the sheath and handle of the sword. Hoping someone can identify the signature of the smith to help me age it, and for me to learn more about this sword. Someone on reddit pointed recommended that I check on this forum. They also pointed out that the oxidation has been removed from the tsuba (https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/d6nzgi/i_could_use_some_help_with_a_nihont%C5%8D/) Thank you in advance Yanni S.