stannadel

Thanks for the help. I'm traveling now, but will try to make a better picture when I get back home next month.

Hi everyone. I just got a new wakizashi at an auction in Vienna and wonder if anyone could help with the signature on it. Thanks in advance for any leads.

The "experts" at the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna put it as "Edo Period," but they never even noticed that the blade was signed. I did assume it was Shinto though. I just wonder about the signature.

I had suspected Koto because of the feel, the balance feels different from other swords I've handled which were Shinto.

OK, here are pics of the whole blade--both sides, boshi (both sides) & nakago (signed side). I hope they help.

Sorry, I'm having trouble getting the habaki off, that will take some work-- but here are pictures of the whole blade with the habaki on it.

Hi, I have a Naginata with a badly re-polished blade that I got in Vienna. I just pulled out the blade and discovered that it is signed. It seems to be by a Hisamichi (see attached). John Yumoto has a Hisamichi from Yamashiro c. 1688, but this seems to be signed Yamato no Kami Hisamichi Could that be the same smith? Does anyone have other likely candidates? Many thanks for any help, Stan

Hi everyone, I'm very happy to have discovered Nihonto and hope you can help me. I have a Katana with shinguto mounts that has 2 holes in the tang. It is signed (see picture) and I'm told these kanji stand for Kanesada. The list in John Yumoto's book has only one Kanesada with these kanji--worked in Mino in 1681. But I'm told that there were others who signed this way including Hachiya Kanesada (蜂屋兼貞?). I'm attaching a picture of the signature and one of the blade. Thanks for any help on this. Stan Nadel