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Help deciphering the wakizashi signature


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21 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Artem,

bad polish (acid etched and rounded SHINOGI), quite nice TOSOGU (except the TSUBA). Nice lacquer of the SAYA, signature is a mess (looks as if made with a broken screwdriver). I would avoid it.

Thank yo for you your answer. I fink also the polish is bad and "hamon" etched.

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Artem,

to make things a bit clearer: I think this is a perfectly authentic Japanese blade, but the signature looks quite weird. I did not compare it with certified blades from this smith (that would be your task). The HAMON is not etched on the blade in my opinion, it looks absolutely traditionally made, but the YAKIBA is not displayed by a traditional polish but by means of acid.  That is a big difference and will require a full polish to reveal all HATARAKI and the HADA. 

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