masahirok

I won't. Thing is, I tend to take English-related works as jobs (because of how I grew up), and I don't like to take joy out of it by over-doing it. Didn't mean to appear cold

The lighter ones are in sosho style, I believe, and they *kind of* look like "卦" (fortune-telling) or"却" (reversal, prevention, etc.) in that style. I could browse through my dictionary all day to get a better guess, but I won't do that

The character on the bottom-right corner on Dai and one on the top-right corner on Sho (in your first attachment) look identical to me; they resemble "寿" (life, year, etc.), stylized.

Hello Brian, I'm glad to be here too I want to take full advantage of my location and look forward to seeing how it becomes possible. I'm sure NMB will be a wonderful place for me! Regards, Masahiro

Wow, I didn't expect this much warmth! Thank you Tom, Mike, Ken, and Greg for your welcome. To Mr. Hennick: yes, you were right. So let me get to studying nihonto!

Hello Everyone, My name is Masahiro, a native Japanese. I studied (History) at a university in Missouri and was introduced to a father of my friend (I don't disclose his name here, to be safe), who happened to be interested in Japanese culture, including nihonto. The weight of my 'own' culture almost shocked me when I held one his collections. I virtually have no knowledge about nihonto (thus I have no idea what his piece was), but I'm eager to learn. The collector referred me to JSSUS, and Mr. Hennick let me know the existence of this forum. I thought I would learn the basics of nihonto before posting anything here, but it became clear that it would take forever for me. I am a freelance English-Japanese translator, and, currently, I'm working everyday to be self-confident (I'm in my early thirties btw). So before it's too late, hi to everyone and have a great day