srselby

I'll do what I can with photography. I actually bought it in the hope that it was a Korean blade. But somone said it was something Japanese left behind in Korea after the Hideyoshi invasion. When I say that it was 'unearthed' in North Korea, I mean that literally - that it is said to have come out of the ground. I'm not sure I can extract it from the grip to photograph the tang. I'll try. The part that I call the 'guard' in English, is modern. The only part that is old is the blade. Everything else was put on by the chap who put a grip on it for me. S

Honoured to join this group. I have no previous knowledge of Japanese sword blades. I have the blade in the picture. The length of the blade itself is just under 3 feet. The tang is 2 feet long, housed in a plain, modern wood grip. You may not be able to see that there is a pronounced shoulder on the back of the blade before it curves upward. The blade is heavily corroded but very sharp. I understood when I bought it that it was unearthed in North Korea and was smuggled into China. Stephen