stuckineriver108 Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Found this sword into the wall of my mother's house while doing some repairs for her . Need help translating it any help would be greatly appreciated 1 1 Quote
YourBabyBjornBorg Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 This is 備前国長舩住祐定作/Bizen no Kuni Osafune-Ju Sukesada Saku. 2 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Rick, that looks strange! Did you "clean" the NAKAGO (tang)? 1 1 Quote
Lewis B Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Almost like the nakago was painted black with areas flaking off. 1 Quote
Grey Doffin Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Hi Rick, Nice find. Likely dates to the end of the 16th century. Here you will find a link to Care and Cleaning: https://nbthk-ab2.org/sword-characteristics/ As hinted at above: don't try to fix anything. Amateur repairs often lead to damage/loss of value. Grey 3 Quote
george trotter Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 4 hours ago, YourBabyBjornBorg said: This is 備前国長舩住祐定作/Bizen no Kuni Osafune-Ju Sukesada Saku. Rick, what Baby Joe forgot to add to his translation is what it actually says in English... It means...'In the province of Bizen, in the village of Osafune, (the swordsmith) Sukesada made (this)'. Hope this helps... 5 2 1 Quote
stuckineriver108 Posted July 8 Author Report Posted July 8 Thanks for all the info this is how I found it in the wall framing haven't cleaned or painted it. No telling what the person who put it in there did though 3 Quote
Stephen Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Rick all too often we have members who are easy to jump to conclusions I think it's good looking nakago please show the rest of the blade. Does it have koshirae or just bare blade. Please tell us how long it is to 1 Quote
stuckineriver108 Posted July 8 Author Report Posted July 8 It's just bare bones it was Sandwiched in the framing 1 1 Quote
Stephen Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 2 hours ago, stuckineriver108 said: Thank you that's the total length of the blade I should have asked you to the notch on the top of the blade so from the tip to the notch Quote
Rivkin Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 Nice wall and the signature looks decent enough. I would try to look at books and find a (near) perfect match. However I would also seriously consider shinto Sukesada as an option. 1 Quote
Infinite_Wisdumb Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 Absolutely bonkers story that blade has to tell! Quote
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