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Gentlemen thanks for your help, these pictures where send to me by someone (or group) well known to the various forums.. no harm done though Regards, Ruben

Not sure wich one i prefer.. they are both very nice. I hope to show my first tsuba soon, very interesting (and complex) history behind tsuba's.. To much to read Regards, Ruben

I have received some pictures of a Katana and Tanto and as i'm completely new to this subject and unable to make any sense out of them (one day i hope) i would like to request your help with identifying what is means.. Thanks and regards, Ruben

Thanks gentlemen for the welcome back to swords it is! Regards, Ruben

Hello Gentlemen, I'm complete new to the world of Japanese edged weapons, "stumbled" across this excellent forum while trying to find some basic information about WW2 swords. Thats is were my normal interest lays: WW2 edged weapons and more specific the British Fairbairn Sykes Fighting knife. Very different than whats discussed here but in some ways maybe simular. A little picture of 4 WW2 examples and 1 post war for those unfamiliar with the style of these knives. It was (and still is) my original intention to add a military Japanese WW2 sword to my small collection, but with all the fakes on ebay etc its hard for me to judge whats correct and whats not, like the F-S Fightng Knife the market is flouded with fake examples so any help would be appreciated. Or if you know/have one for sale, please let me know. But reading on the forum has stirred a bit more of an interest in the subject than intended, so more reading to do and books to buy what a fascinating and addictive subject! I will do my best to learn more in the coming time, please forgive any ignorant questions i might ask on the forum. Kind regards, Ruben