Sasaki_Kojiro

Hi Zanshin where in Belgium exactely are you located? I suggest contacting Zenon Van Damme. He is a sword polisher, living in Bruges, respected and reliable. He will be able to sell you the 'real deal'.

amazing interesting discussion! thank you all for your input

Ludolf and Sencho, thank you for your opinions. Could it be rather from sandai Tadatsuna? According to Hawley's, he is the one who signed with ' awataguchi omi no kami tadatsuna'?

Seller is advertising this as a shinto wakizashi made by Tadatsuna (unpapered) I have no material at hand to compare the mei with the real deal though. Can anyone shed some light on this question?

thank you very much!

Hello I was hoping someone might be able to read the smith name. My first guess would be its signed by a gendai smith

thank you everyone for your input!

thanks a lot for the scans! Difficult to judge whether or not its a genuine Sukenao mei, I might take a chance anyway if the price doesn't go up too high

Hi guys I'm Christoph from Belgium and I've been lurking on this board for awhile now, trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible from more enlightened minds. My first blade was a papered mumei Shinto Hirotaka wakizashi that gave me a lot of satisfaction. I sold it to acquire the necessary funds to purchase a new blade. I have my eyes on the following blade; it's a wakizashi signed by the Osaka smith Sukenao but since big names were often faked, I have my reservations about this blade as well. It's not papered and although it's a beautiful blade, I have a gut feeling telling me it might be most likely gimei. I do not have any books were I can verify with an actual authentic Sukenao so I was hoping you might be able to assist me.