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  1. ….and another thing that makes the job so much harder than it needs to be is some of the horrendous Hadori polishes that we see all the time. It’s often very difficult to see anything underneath it with the sword actually in hand let alone with a camera. Many of the swords for sale on Japanese websites look very dramatic in the images with their high contrast polishes but you haven’t got a clue what the hamon or other activity actually is…or even if there is a hamon at all. It also helps no end if you can have someone else hold or manoeuvre the blade while you look at it through the phone/camera screen. As soon and the light falls on it in a way that reveals the details you simply press the button.
  2. Depends so much on the lighting. I took these on a quite old iPhone XS Max using just daylight. Tap the images to get a better look. Not sure how you would improve on them
  3. Don’t think it’s stainless. You can see pretty clear old rust pits on the blade especially in the image of the kissaki area. Cant definitively see a hamon. You can see what looks like a polishing effect where the hamon ought to be but need better lighting and different angles to try and see any sign of hardening.
  4. Interesting…..just when you think you see a “perfect sword” (whatever that is!) you see this little “feature” and once you see it you always see it and it irritates!…..if you know what I mean.
  5. Wonder if it’s a deliberate variant of the “moon over mt. Fuji” seen on some (wartime?) blades.
  6. One of those really does look just like a low full moon over a valley. Thanks Alex. Never seen that before.
  7. Ray, don’t worry…….I get many days like that🙂
  8. Is the mekugi ana on the other side hidden under the wrap? If it was a heavily tapered mekugi the ana could very very small and not obvious?
  9. Unsigned nakago are common for two reasons….. 1. It was never signed in the first place….very common 2. it has been shortened (at the nakago end) and Mei has been lost (also very common) Yours appears to be shortened.
  10. Tsuka maki does look Japanese and seems to have some age. Meiji Tachi “fantasy piece” for eager gaijin at that time?
  11. Meiji 3rd yr 2nd month a day?……a day in Feb 1870? Seems to have a small “spare” kanji in the date?….but I’m no expert so don’t bet on it!
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