moriarty

肥前國西光 [Hizen no kuni Saikō]. Not a bad deal for a 1940's gendaito piece, cool find!

Seems that 河村忠綱 (Kawamura Tadatsuna) is quite undocumented. Other than being a Seki smith (perhaps a lower grade?) I can't find much.

Most likely a showato

Greetings Kantaro, No markings visible, I've dismantled the blade and sadly found no revealing writings/stamps

Greetings everyone, As the title entails, I would be interested in finding out any available information about this Police Parade Kyu-gunto. It has a functioning spring-lock and two suspension rings. To my knowledge, army Type 8 Kyu-gunto had two rings, same with the first batch of Type 19, which were later reduced to one. However, I don't know if Police Kyu-gunto share the same timeline of development. Even if it's conjecture, I would appreciate any date or time window for this item. God bless

I would appreciate any information/translation on this piece, I'm stumped and having trouble finding something similar anywhere else

Need some help translating the signature in this tanto, it may be an Edo period piece, but the koshirae may be a more recent fitting. Any clue is appreciated, god bless!

Hi everyone, I could do with some assistance with this one particular piece. A few months ago I received a wakizashi in shirasaya as a gift, but I've had much trouble trying to figure it out with my available resources. Blade seems to be an O-suriage with possible Machi-Okuri, no visible hamon and a bad polishing attempt to boot. First Kanji seems to be "Kane" While Second Kanji is cut by half, so it could be either "taka" or "Yoshi" to my speculation Does anybody have any idea which one this may be? Any assistance or thoughts would be much appreciated.