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  1. Mark
    BiShu Osafune Norimitsu (upside down - i had to twist my neck)
  2. Mark
    Moriyama san thank you for the help. I do see this maker has used Sendai and Shiraishi (according to Hawley's) maybe Shiraishi is a possibility, the kanji seem similar
  3. Mark
    Thanks to all for the help. i have tried to make it bigger as requested, i added pictures in 2 parts, hope that helps. I appreciate all the assisitance, it was a puzzle to me.
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    Chris thanks. i thought of Tsugutoshi but i could not get Toshi out of the kanji, it did not seem to have the right strokes. sword did not looks like Tsunatoshi type work, it was not chogi or Bizen style, it has a soft suguha with sunagashi... thanks again, i have trouble with the grass script
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    can someone help with this mei please. blade is Shinshinto dated in the 1860's, i think maybe Musashi and possibly Tsugunobu or Tsuguhiro saku but i do not find anyone using those kanji at the tims so guess i probably missed the traslation. Thanks!
  6. Mark
    sword looks interesting. The blade is a few hundred years old. If you decide to have it restored it will be expensice (to do it right, and that is the only way we recommend), probably $3000-4000. If the sword has sentimental value and you want to spend that we can help with some good craftsmen to do the work. If you are not going to restor it best to keep a light cost of oil on the blade to help stop it getting worse. Where are you located? maybe you are near a local club that could offer assistance
  7. Mark
    i think this is a Showa era gendai with a "big name"
  8. Mark
    sorry, modern chinese fake, check the "fake swords" link above
  9. Mark
    does not look like anything i have seen on a Japanese sword. could this be Chinese?
  10. Mark
    sword is "put together", the fitting on the end of the handle belongs on the end of a scabbard. hard to say if it was done recently or in 1946 but i would think it is recent. the blade is antique
  11. Mark
    Uda Kunimitsu, the samller writing is the blade length
  12. Mark
    i recall at a Chicago show, maybe 15 years ago i traded a Masamune for 2 Rai blades, i forget the Rai smiths but it was an intersting trade
  13. Mark
    looks oil tempered to me, Showato not gendito
  14. Mark
    Sukenobu who lived in Mino province
  15. Mark
    thanks, i will probably take mine to the SF show and put it out for sale so if you are there stop at my table and check it out
  16. Mark
    looks like it starts out China so i do not think this is nihonto so i did not worth through the rest
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    I do not know if the mei is genuine, you could ask Mike i am sure he will let you know if the mei is gauranteed. But t o address the question about the yasuri -- the nakago has been shortened and when this was done the mei and yasuri were retained but the other side of the nakago was shaved to to reshape it so the yasuri and from when shortened not original. This practice is quite common
  18. Mark
    i have had a sword "un-chromed" the chrome came off but the sword was damaged as it had been sanded and roughed up before being chromed, the company that did the work for me said usually the item is sanded before being chromed to remove contaminants and to make the surface rougher so the chrome sticks well
  19. Mark
    the tang says Fukumoto Kamemune, there is a fair amount of info available about him on line. For learning kanji and translating i used the Kanji flashcards that Grey Doffin produced.
  20. Mark
    can't make out the first 2 but the maker looks like Norisada
  21. Mark
    they are usually assembly numbers, sometimes the same number is stamped (in English) on the tsuba and seppa. It is done when a sword is assembled in a "factory" and they have multiple swords and they need to keep the parts together
  22. Mark
    i have not used this site, but is there a way to contact the seller and ask him why it was relisted? If you want the item maybe you could work out a deal and pay a bit more than the #3 bidder (real bidder) but less than the top bid.
  23. Mark
    the mei side says Kao Isshin Mantetsu. maybe you can try to do the date. there is a lot of info on Mantetsu swords available on line
  24. Mark
    what are you looking for, NCO machine made, hand made, older blade, type of mounts? what is your target price?
  25. Mark
    I saw one some years back. It looked to be original not "put together"
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