LEEG427

Got it chiselled on the Nakago come from a knife background------ everything I have I use in the field I have several excellent Japanese hunting knives I use in NZ. Wonderful steel. However, I understand the concept of not driving an original shelby cobra at the drag strip. Thank uall again Lee

10-4 CAVEAT EMPTOR would appear to translate well in Japanese then :-) I emailed Bob and once I have the blade assessed will add to the mssg string so uall can see whether I have a "find" ( which I now doubt), a "catch and release", or a blade that provides me with education on how not to buy nihonto. Regards to all Lee

SAKU= made by got it--- so this was not? Is the practice of etching another's name (onto the tang) common? Obviously misleading Thank you for the info and for the name of the Honolulu polisher Lee

KEN et al thank you for the instruction. The blade was purchased on ebay from a german owner who did not know much about the blade. It was advertised as " a project" which sounded very unjapanese, but as I live in Honolulu and love sharp things, I bought it with the intent of bringing it up to its best form: So: the name etching ( Sanjo Munechika Sako)on the tang are not a true statement it would seem if waizashi were not known in his era??? Is there someone in Honolulu who might look at the blade and give me some guidance about the most appropriate way to bring it to its best form? Thank you Lee Guertler

I recently purchased a wakizashi blade in need of a togishi's restoration. Any referrals in Japan or North America? Can anyone translate the markings and possibly let me know why a wakizashi has tachi mei. I thought they were only placed on long swords. email leg427@gmail.com