El Real

thank you very much Grey, then first of all I will try some good books about it, indeed, if you have any books to recommend, I think you understand what my goal is, to recognize a good nihonto, please let me know.

I have found several other swords but I don't understand how it works, blades that look worse to me are priced higher than those that look better to me.. i think i’ll start to buy stamps do you have any general guidelines to recommend? something to watch out for?

you are right!

I found this very nice wakizashi on catawiki.. it doesn't have a certification, in your opinion how much could be a good price to buy it? do you think it can be a good purchase or is it better to look for something else? the certificate has a definitive sentence, therefore a great value for those who buy and for those who sell? as you can see I'm not very experienced, I would like to buy my second Japanese blade, since the first turned out to be fake.

Thank you for the info! I’ll try to get my money back.. I really appreciate your help

actually it looks strange.. everything looks ok, dated/worn but for example the hole of the handle is not aligned with that of the nakago.. if you confirm me that it is a false start immediately the dispute! they also issued me a certificate of authenticity (made by the art gallery that sold it to me), which at this point can be used as proof

hi everyone, I'm a new member from Italy! I bought a beautiful shin gunto at an auction, but the signature makes me confused.. I don't know the Japanese language but this one looks different from all the ones I've seen around in internet! can you help me?