Help identifying sword maker

[Jcusiman08]

I apologize for my lack of knowledge and correct wording. We found this sword in a storage locker with a lot of other WW2 memorabilia. I was told it could have been made by a famous smith but I have no idea. It wont allow me to add any more pictures. Overall measurement is 34.5 inches 

[Ray Singer]

There seem to be duplicate posts, I replied in another post with the same question about translation. 

 

於武州江戸越前康継

Oite Bushu Edo Echizen Yasutsugu. 

[Scogg]

@Jcusiman08 I deleted the duplicate in the "Military Swords Of Japan", because I believe your blade to be a Nihonto. I will mention though, that your blade is currently in WW2 Type 98 fittings with a nice cutout tsuba. 
 

@Ray Singer Included this link in the now deleted post, I figured I'd carry it over here - I hope you do not mind. 
https://nihonto.com/the-yasutsugu-school-康継系/

There is another duplicate thread in the translation section, but the legitimacy of the mei is relevant.
Any further cleaning up I'll leave to @Brian
All the best,
-Sam

[Jcusiman08]

Thank you. Sorry about the duplicates I was directed to this forum after posting the original. I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to get this authenticated. I was told by someone else that the signature does not look legitimate and would like to get it checked out.

[Scogg]

No biggie. Feel free to add more photos to this thread - but you may have to resize or crop down your images. I saw your posts on reddit so I got to see the fittings over there. 

As far as authentication goes, Ray Singer there is someone that I would trust.
Otherwise, depending on where you are in the US, there are various shows throughout the year you could bring your sword to be examined. There's one in San Francisco, Chicago, Orlando, and Vegas. 

I'm in no position to opine on weather or not it's a false signature (gimei),
But there are some here on the forum that have that eye. 
Best of luck,
-Sam

[nulldevice]

9 minutes ago, Scogg said:

No biggie. Feel free to add more photos to this thread - but you may have to resize or crop down your images. I saw your posts on reddit so I got to see the fittings over there. 

As far as authentication goes, Ray Singer there is someone that I would trust.
Otherwise, depending on where you are in the US, there are various shows throughout the year you could bring your sword to be examined. There's one in San Francisco, Chicago, Orlando, and Vegas. 

I'm in no position to opine on weather or not it's a false signature (gimei),
But there are some here on the forum that have that eye. 
Best of luck,
-Sam

I don't have that eye but my 2c says it doesn't scream gimei to me. But don't take my word for it! Its just better than some obvious fakes that pop up and the kanji strokes seem to generally match the shodai Yasutsugu. But as you said, a keener eye is absolutely required beyond my skill level. 

 

An authenticated shodai Yasutsugu for reference. 

https://yakiba.com/yasutsugu-shodai/

[Jcusiman08]

I appreciate you helping me out. I am in Maryland so ill check and see if there are any shows coming up that i can take it too. 

[Toryu2020]

https://nihonto.com/the-yasutsugu-school-康継系/

 

https://nihonto.com/edo-sandai-yasutsugu/