Identification request for a sword currently for sale elsewhere.

[MHC]

Hello all,

 

More curious then anything else, but the following is a shot of the Nakago of a sword of interest to me.

Any help with translation would be of great help.

 

Thank you in advance for your assistane.

 

Mark

[Bencld]

Mark,

      My guess is KUNITSUGU.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Can see Kunitsugu as well.

[MHC]

Great, thank you both.

 

The sword is on a Japanese auction site, but I still cannot get clear information as to whether I can bid, win, then ship to Thailand without issues.

It appears that considerable paperwork is required to release a sword out of Japan, and having no in country contacts, I'm thinking it is not worth pursuing.

 

More research is needed.

 

Thanks again.

 

Mark

[PNSSHOGUN]

Kelly Schmidt is the man to contact for that sort of thing.

[MHC]

Thanks all for the info.

 

John, is Kelly Hicks currently living in Japan?

 

However, this auction house blocks international bidders and refuses to ship out of Japan, so most likely a moot point.

 

It would appear that if you are not physically IN Japan or have a in country contact {like Kelly Hicks mentioned above?}, it is simply too difficult to cut thru the paperwork to ship a sword out of Japan.

 

Mark

[Brian]

Kelly Schmidt? @Japan auctions

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/36186-yahoo-japan-and-winners/

 

[Lareon]

Kelly Schmidt is the man as Brian says

 

he has a newsletter with items in he sends out periodically too which is nice

[ROKUJURO]

I can recommend Kelly as well. Precise, reliable and friendly.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Apologies, Kelly Schmidt. Not even sure who Kelly Hicks is!