Need help identifying

[Henrich Ryan]

This was left to my son from his great-grandfather my son is only 13 years old he is very interested in the sword any info you guys could tell me about it how old it is I'm very new to this

[SteveM]

The inscription is 

top picture

昭和十四年九月吉日

Shōwa jyūyonnen kugatsu kichijitu (a lucky day in September, 1939). The first character is unreadable, but we can infer it from the context.

 

bottom picture

越後住貞清 

Echigo-jū Sadakiyo  (Made by "Sadakiyo" of Echigo province).

Here too, the first characters are almost illegible, but we can infer them from the name of the swordmaker. 

 

It's a sword made for Japan's imperial army. 

[Bruce Pennington]

By the look of the tsuba (hand guard) it’s a Type 98 Japanese Officer sword.  More pics would help.

[ChrisW]

It looks like a nice wartime blade from what little we can see! To assist the folks here better, get pictures of the following:

 

Bare blade, from tip to tip.
Close-up of the kissaki (pointy end) of the blade.

Pictures of any activity on the cutting edge (if any)

Pictures of the fittings.

If there is a silver crest (kamon) on the handle, a picture of that too.

[vajo]

In relation to the smith i bet it is a gendai-to

[ChrisW]

4 hours ago, vajo said:

In relation to the smith i bet it is a gendai-to

That is my suspicion too! Thus why I asked him to share more with us.

[Henrich Ryan]

Hey guys I really appreciate all the info I will get more pictures send them out today or tomorrow