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tell me the point of blade that you mean

Your every opinion is welcome

I hope nothing of "very serious" kizu, the sword is my first katana and I like this sword

The auction description said "good condition" blade...

No paper or Hozon,

I bought in AUCTION this blade 2 weeks ago and today it is in my hand. It is from Edo period (first or middle), "shinto". I think the first KIZU is a "fukure" and the second KIZU it is "jiare", but your opinion it's important. About the strange color of top of blade (it'a a "Iori-mune" with "V" up) I don't know

Another thing is a strange color on the IORI MUNE (side opposite Hamon) Is this a KIZU?

This is the blade with "bo-hi"

Here are some "kizu" on my katana. I would like your analysis to be sure of the "Japanese name" of these defects and their severity or otherwise. Thanks 1) LINE Inside the "bo-hi" (only one side of blade) 2) Point near hamon

it is on a katana on sale, but I can't know where ...on blade it is, not on Nakago because here there is another big sign...

Generally speaking, when a katana is o-suriage and the first craftsman's signature has therefore completely disappeared (assuming it existed) but there is that of whoever (I presume) carried out the cutting-shortening operation of the blade in the Edo era. .how much should the signature of the "swordsmith-shortener" be taken into consideration (in terms of the importance of the blade)?

I could be wrong but it doesn't look like the craftsman's shape but something else ....maybe?

I have no doubts about the respectability of the shop and to avoid direct links I didn't mention the seller but it was another forum member who posted the link. I understand in general what you mean and I will do so. Unfortunately I am not near Florence. P.S. In other fields where I understand more and on other forums (each expressing their own opinion without offending anyone) I have advised someone to buy or advised against buying an item, without necessarily causing controversy, in fact sometimes one may not agree on an item attribution or noticing an inconsistency but without it being a fraud or incorrectness. otherwise no one would be able to express an opinion or give advice anymore.

here the original discussion

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/48800-help-for-my-first-katana/

As among friends they say "I would like to buy this item, take a look at it and tell me what you think"

I thank everyone for the contributions, I will have to decide whether to buy or not, I just wanted to know if the sword is convincing or not or if it had (based on the photos) unconvincing or wrong things.

"(...) The school of the Shinshinto period originates from the original school of the Kamakura period and features such exponents as Norimune and Takenori"

on the website the seller says that the school was born much earlier but that during the shinshinto they were inspired by the school during the edo and this is from around 1830

BUY or Do not Buy?

But or do not buy?