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Thank you both very much for your help! Now I have a new direction for my studies...

Hello everyone, some time ago I purchased this wakizashi and I would like to ask for your thoughts what it could be. Nagasa 38,2 cm (15,04 in) Sori 0,7 cm (0,28 in) Moto-haba 2,2 cm (0,87 in) - it is a bit wider (1 mm) in upper part Moto-kasane 0,4 cm (0,16 in) - at shinogi line, about 1 mm at mune Weight 330 g If any aditional photos are needed or better quality, I can try. It was (relatively) cheap, so i don't expect it to be Masamune My personal guess is that it could be naginata naoshi from mid Muromachi (I have no idea about the school). But my personal guess worth noting since I have no experience so I am very curious about your opinion. Thank you very much in advance! Have a nice day Jan

This is Tokubetsu Juyo sword - Sadatsugu (Sadatoshi?) (Ayanokoji) (Yamashiro) (19. Tokubetsu Juyo) https://www.token-ne...u-sadatoshi1412.html It has bo-hi almost exactly like "your" sword. So I would say it is OK. The translation of names of the smith and school is automatic from Japanese, so don't kill me please

Good to know, thank you. I knew it was allowed with koto swords (even in Tokuho papers) if the sword is important or good enough in other way, but with shinto I thought there should be no fatal flaws.

I think this link belongs to this discussion: https://www.aoijapan...en-consignment-sale/ Early Muromachi blade and in the description is written: "Well-crafted Koshirae and the length of the blade are suitable for practice not only for appreciaten." Not my opinion, but immediately when i saw it I remembered this thread...

And what about 99% isopropyl in the spray bottle? https://allegro.cz/n...megaspec-13481941961 It should solve the problem with alkohol being hygroscopic. The can is filled with some presured gas and there is no contact with new air at all. What do you think about that?

Is it possible at all? Kokuhō which wouldn't get NBTHK Jūyō tōken? I can imagine some serious battle damage on a very important sword...

The sword called "Kousetsu Samonji" has bohi that seem to me as Atobori. And it is a National Treasure. But maybe it is not Atobori or it's possible that in some cases National Treasure wouldn't pass Juyo... Time 6:20

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Thank you, Klaus!

Hello, koshirae as i promised... Signature on tsuba is Seiryuken Eiju cca 1780 - 1800. That's all I know. And I really like decoration on saya (beside the fact I like the whole koshirae). Anyone has some idea about the technique?

Erik: Thank you, but I forgot to mention that I took my Olympus camera for the second attempt. My 6 years old cellphone cannot take such photos...

Kirill: Thank you for your explanation and for your thoughts! As I wrote before, I am absolutely happy with the attribution from NBTHK experts. I was just curious about what is written in torokusho and it is (thanks to Nobody's translation) solved. But it is interesting to read others opinions and thouhts (yours too) and subsequent discussion... I can learn a lot this way.

Could you please explain to me why do you think so?