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  1. Hey John, not sure if this helps but I came across this while researching the kamon on my shin gunto. Hatakeyama I Found it on https://www.patternz.jp/Japanese-family-crest-list-symbol/
  2. Thank you Thomas for the info. I plan to come down to the show in August and will bring the sword with me. I am very interested in learning more about it and it's history. I would also be very happy to find the correct tsuba and tassel to go with it. Having never been before, how should I go about bringing the sword in for folks to inspect and comment on it? Thanks!
  3. I keep finding this image that has the double rice bundles but nothing with the single bundles... I'll keep looking.
  4. Thank you Dave. I am having a hard time finding contact info for him. Any leads? I've found plenty of mention of him but no way to contact him.
  5. Here are a couple other photos. Is there anything that I can or should do to help preserve our improve this piece? I would be interested in locating a tsuba to complete it for display. Thank you all for the help and information.
  6. Trying to learn more about a sword inherited from my grandfather. It is bring back sword. Thanks
  7. Here's some close ups. It looks to my untrained eye like someone took a wire wheel to thre whole blade...
  8. Thank you! Here are some more detailed photos. How would I go about looking up the family Crest?
  9. Hello, I'm looking for any information that can be offered on this sword I inherited from my grandfather. It has hung on his wall my whole life (I'm 44). Unfortunately he passed away without saying much about it and I was never allowed to touch it until he passed. As the story goes he found the sword in the attic of the house he and my grandmother bought when he came back from thre war (he was in the European Theater). The guy they bought the house from had fought in the Pacific. The Tsuba is missing obviously. I can find no discernable marks, stamps, signatures or writing of any kind on the sword. The handle appears to be silk wrapped over ray skin. The inside of the sheath is wood. Best i can tell from my limited research is that it is an officer's sword from WWII, possibly a type 94 or 95. Outside of that I really only have theories about the sword, it's history and it's given condition. I'll attach photos. Please let me know if there are any other detailed photos that might help. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
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