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  1. A follow up on this old post and a question below - perhaps a bit heretical but I thought I'd ask. I brought this wakizashi to the Chicago sword show in April (and my compliments Mark Jones on what looked like a great event even from a layman's perspective!). Consensus from the 3-4 people who looked at it was it was likely genuine, Osaka shinto (someone said "Period 4"?) and worth polishing and submitting to a shinsa, so I got Woody Hall's contact info at the show and he agreed to look at it / polish it. He also felt it was a genuine Yoshimichi but unfortunately he discovered a hagiri on the blade (pictures). From his comments and searching this forum I understand what that means and that the blade won't be papered or have collector value. We'll still keep it in the family and as a piece of history. From my searches in this forum I probably should have asked Mr. Hall to make a window on the blade to bring out the hamon, but I didn't think of it while he had the sword. I do understand that in its condition it's not worth bothering an expert polisher not to mention not worth $100 and up an inch. It still would be nice to have it in better condition. Are there "polishers-in-training" that practice on swords that won't get papered, or a different polishing option that I could look at? I completely understand why those aren't usually good options, but the sword is no longer "in that market" and not a candidate any longer for the top experts so I'm looking for other options to restore it to a better condition.
  2. Thanks. Let me know of course if I'm not capturing the right stuff or the light is wrong. There is a hamon visible in the right light, which from my reading it looks like polishing would help bring out, though it's not apparent in these pictures.
  3. Mywei, SteveM, thank you both. From browsing the forum it looks like next year’s Chicago show may be my best next step since I live just outside Chicago. Would it be better to have it polished (and yes thank you I’ll definitely take the existing advice on finding a polisher) before the show or after? If the consensus at the show was that it was NOT genuine then it would save me the cost of polishing; but from my browse of the forum so far it looks like polishing may help in that decision. Mywei I also see discussion about Osaka vs Kyoto shinto and the characters do fit Osaka better based on my nearly 20 minutes now of expertise in the matter so thanks for the pointer there and I’ll have to search more on that too.
  4. My father-in-law had a knife collection including a few tanto; I was hoping someone could help with these inscriptions. The pair of knives are in the box whose picture is included; the one knife and inscribed scabbard has the Tokyo registration paper attached as well. I am assuming from the date on the registration paper that my father-in-law acquired these in the mid-1950s, but I have no details as to their origins. Thank you in advance for any ideas or pointers.
  5. I'm Internet-trained on this so please be patient with me. My father-in-law brought back from WWII what I believe is a chisa-katana; I have measured the nagasa at 20 7/8 inches (53.0225cm) and the nakago at 5 7/8 inches (14.9225 cm). He also collected knives and smaller blades in the years after WWII but this is one he brought back with him from his service around 1945 or shortly afterwards before he was deployed home. The blade has sat in his house since then so I know it is at least 75 years old but I don't have any details about how he acquired it (and he has unfortunately passed away). I've been told the signature is "Tamba no kami Yoshimichi" but I've also heard there were also fakes and I have no idea how to authenticate it. I am not looking to sell the blade, just understand more about its history. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Given the limits of the forum's attachment file sizes I have posted a few pictures here but I have more on a Google Drive at this link.
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