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Ah I see, This would be something more alike to a Ko-Katana? The surface rust isn't too bad when looking physically at the tang but I cant make out any markings at all. Kissakai, I'm just outside of Cambridge, England.

Was the Tsuba likely attached by the owner during WW2? or I suppose anyone could have put that on there by the time it reached my grandfather. Is it a common Tsuba? Nothing special or expensive about it?

Sorry, My name is Thomas, I forgot to add it into my signature earlier. I've got a few pics of the Blade by its self. Lighting isn't great. The blade is about 75cm/25.5'' from the Start of tang to end of blade. Cutting edge is about 57.5cm.

Hello This is my first post and first of many in this forum I hope. I've recently taken apart one of 3 Katanas I have from my grandfather. The other 2 I believe are military ones with the full metal tsuka and saya, pretty standard 1930s/1940s I think. This one is shorter than the other 2 but seems bigger than a Wakizashi and also has a wrapped tsuka but a similar metal saya. I don't know a lot about Japanese swords. I can't see a mark on the Tang, although there is slight surface rust. The blade seems in decent condition with no chips along the edge. When my grandfather purchased this back in the 90s, several people came up to him after, wanting to buy it off of him for the tsuba. I'm not sure it looks that expensive or if it is a common one or how much the whole sword or tsuba would be worth. Im not going to sell it but it would be nice to know a rough price. I've only been told the tsuba is apparently Seiryuken Eijo, Tetsugendo School 1775-1800. Any information would be great. Is this a normal ww2 era service sword?