Jasper C

Being as that is never going to happen and the Tanto is fake I'll do no harm. Thanks for the reply though.

Thanks for the reply. that has given me something to look into. I figured the Tanto was cheap. I don't feel bad about it being so rough now. I'll look into the name you gave me. Thanks.

These are the swords

Hi all. New to the forum and to collecting Japanese Swords. A few months ago I bought a Wakishabi which is in a reasonable state of polish but could do with some attention. This weekend I added to my collection a Tanto which was terribly rusty and had been badly scratched with what I assume to have been sandpaper but the guy just wanted to be rid of it as he seemed afraid of it for some reason. I thought the Tanto would be an opportunity to try to learn polishing. I wondered if anyone could read the Mei on either of them.