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I can't answer your question but general consensus of this forum is to stay away from that seller.

I would also like to know the Smith, looks like a nice older piece

Not very good at this, but maybe 'Sukegawa Sadamitsu'? Is this a non-traditional blade?

Not that I don't agree with you Adam but that would require a lot of man power IMHO. And seen as how long it takes for some of the Juyo stuff to be released which is obviously important work takes quite a while I just don't see that possible. I'll stay dreaming with you though

Very nice piece John, I wonder if it was originally made for Kyu gunto mounts given the time period.

Too bad the second one looks like it has a gimei Umetada Myoju signature

While I can't argue that, i believe it was Aoi selling one a few years back that i recall and one other from a Facebook group.

It's so hard to judge his work based off of his signature, I've seen multiple signatures that I would have screamed gimei that have been papered to him. And the yasurime leaves much to be desired imo

Omodaka (water plantain) https://www.seidoshop.com/products/eng-kamon-omodaka

I don't have an iPhone and it's still going slow for me, on my PC as well. Almost like a 20 second delay before it starts to load anything. It's not function inhibiting but it is a bit annoying.

@Bruce Penningtonif you are interested enough I can lend you my Yasukuni-to book that Kyle mentioned. I can ship it to you and whenever you're done you can send it back.

Had the same problem ordering stuff from Australia, about three weeks before it finally shipped. Thankfully was all fast and easy after that.

While I believe they are quite uncommon, recently quite a few members have posted them. A lot of people call it grass script, which is like saying it's cursive kanji if that makes sense.

I'm not an expert by any means, but Sashikomi was the perfect call on this blade.

It's says 'Noshu Ju Asano Kanesane Saku Kore'. As you said Showa stamp and his kokuin as well.