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Me again... Well, first of all I would like to thank you all for your time and comments. I also would like to state that I am not trying to find the potential value of the Daisho in order to sell it, not at this time. Even if I initially overpaid the purchase, the overall experience of owning this Daisho is a positive one. In the process I even tried Katori Shinto-ryu for a while, there are some good schools in Moscow. I would like to know if I should try to get this pair documented. Since the blades are in Russia, I assume it would be difficult to bring them out (but not impossible), so is it worth pursuing? Here is some more information (tried to use Kanzan Sato's Comprehensive Guide) and pictures. Katana: Overall Length is 73.5 cm Nagasa is 57.2 cm Sori is 1.4 cm Blade back: iorimune Hamon: toranha, choji (?) Wakizashi: Overall Length is 59.5 cm Nagasa is 46.1 cm Sori is 0.8-0.9 cm Blade back: iorimune Hamon: hososuguha (?) Again, thank you all for your help Simion, S.

Hello, Well this is my first post, even though I've being lurking here for some time, and I hope I am posting this in the right place. Anyway, to make the story short, about 11 years ago I bought this Katana and Wakizashi pair through a friend of mine from (as I was told) a serious Russian collector of Japanese sword. Since I did not have any knowledge of what I was purchasing, I ended up relying on my friend's word as to all of the information on the items purchased was correct and came from a very reliable source. I was also told that for a real and additional expertise, I could bring the pair to a person who worked in the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, and was the only expert of the Japanese sword in that place. After many phone calls to that museum expert, proposing to give me a few moment of her time and service, for which I was willing to pay her fees, I gave up. There were no documentation of any kind, and the only description that came with the pair was a piece of paper with the following information: Daisho period Shinto- Katana - period Shinto - Signed "Harima daijo Fujiwara Tadakuni" and according to "Nihon Toko Jiten", volume "Shinto-Hen", autor Fujishiro Shoten, stated that the period of this sword - Keian is 1648-1652, and it is considered as "Josaku" Wakazashi - period Shinto - Signed "Inaba (no0 Kuni (no) ji Fujiwara Kanesaki". This smith was from Inaba province, and according to W.M. Hawley of the period 1661. Fujishiro Shoten indicates period Kanbun (1661-1673) Saya - done in technique "Nashiji" Kozuka - done in alloy "nanako" and continuous the plot of the Tsuba Any additional, or other/different information on this Daisho would be appreciated. i would like to have some idea of what its worth, if it is what it was claimed to be. For years I was harbouring a thought that I may of bought a "lemon" Thank You Simion S.