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Just to be sure, "HIKE" are tiny scratches left after polish?

I'd say late war and guenine. Value around 500 USD

Thanks Chris, George and Franco. Everything is clear for me now!

Hi everyone, I was wondering if you guys know something accurate about nagasa length of military swords including gendaito and showato. I have noticed many different lenghts around 65, 66, 67 etc till 70 cm and more. The most common lengths I saw are between 65 to 67 cm. And read that longer blades are special order. Were there strict rules regarding nagasa lenght (minimum/maximum) at that time? If so, why so much differences? And from what lenght a sword can be considered as " special demand/order"? I have a couple of books but nothing relevant about that, that is why I decided to ask here. Maybe showato/gendaito owners can share here about lenghts of their swords to have a better idea of what was done, allowed, asked at that time. It would be interesting to see if quality is related to length. Any infos would be much appreciated.

You should try better shots if you want a translation.

Please post better photos of the inscriptions so that one can translates them for you.

Joe, Did you sent it to Japan for the polish, or did you choose someone in the USA? That is fine if you don't want to share the info.

Thanks for the clarification Adam.

I am certainly wrong but the shino-ji should not be polished like a mirror?

You are welcome Tony. Not a big help but I cannot do better! :D

Thanks for the correction Chris, you are really good.

The first menuki is related to Lotus flower?

SEKI JU TAKASAKI KANE....SAKU MAEKAWA......SAKU

2 first kanji : hakusan for white moutain

Second photo looks like : NA N MYO HO A Buddah phrase?

Sorry no visible photos that I can see! :D

NOSHU JU SUKENOBU? http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/sukenobu.jpg

Hi Christian, May you please post clear photos of your Mantetstu wakizashi? I have never seen one before. Thanks in advance.

I have been told the author is working on an updated version of this book. Maybe better to wait then...

You can have a window opened on it by a togishi and then you will see what you have.

Chris already translated what it says.

Hi Peter, Do you have clear photos of the blade you can share?

More more please!

Just a guenine one. See below link http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_070.htm

Does someone took a lot of pictures that one can see?