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I am wondering if anyone is looking for replica tassels? I emailed a company who makes tassels to see if they would make me a replica. I want to display my sword and don't want to pay a few hundred for it. Is there anyone else who would go for a replica? Also any one who could give me the specs on them, length, material exc. If there is a demand maybe we could get a discount for forum members. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

@ Bruno, yeah I've heard good things about his work, I will def keep him in mind. Also I've been watching eBay, got to be carful with some of that stuff though. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks Geraint, yes, I am in the us. Looking at the blade very carefully I found a spot where you can see the hamon. Really the most I would do is get the menuki and have the Ito wrap done. I checked out the link you sent and it has lots of info I'll find usefull. Thanks for taking the time to help me out!!

Hey guys, from looking into "seki fujiwara yoshinao" I found this which looks to be the same characters on my sword. I found it on home.earthlink.net It came up as "Showa Swordsmith Oshigata Database - Earthlink." This translates it as "Seki ju Fujiwara Yoshinao saku kore." Is this the same or does it give any more info? Sorry for the questions, it's just that I would like to find out what I can so I can explain it to my son when he grows up and I pass this on to him. Thanks again for your time and info.

Thank you to David and Mark, could you tell me how the characters are broken down, this 1st character means this which is a place name ect. Also if anyone has thoughts to the condition, value, where to get the missing parts or any other thoughts or info I would love to hear it. I paid $300 for it.

Handle

Blade

tsuba and sepa

Blade tip

Tsuba

Here are the parts...

Thank you, Im having trouble with uploading more, saying invalid pics. I'll try a few more min and then more tommorow

Hi, bought this sword off craigslist, it is missing some parts (ito, menuki, and two sepa) otherwise good I thought. It's my first sword. I have to post pics one at a time cause the file is too big. Any info on markings would be great. It looks like a showa stamp on the top?? Tsuba and two sepa are numbered same but no number on blade. I don't think the blade has a harmon so it may be machine made. Also input on condition, value, where to find missing parts would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.