djforresta

We bought a book on amazon and it should be helpful. Just wanted to say thank you for your help and patience with a couple beginners.

.I find it interesting that the shira-saya has sayagaki to this smith. Peter I'm sorry I'm such a novice but what does that mean exactly? my son may be traveling to Japan early this summer to visit relatives station there in the military, I wonder if he should take this sword with him and have it reworked there? a sword without a broken tip like this one wouldn't be very valuable I'm assuming? Forrest

He says he sees 1926?

I paid 7 dollars for it figuring it was fake. The blade has no edge on it at all ans the tip is broken, but I figured maybe we could somewhat restore it. Do you think this is a traditionally made sword? piranha knives are made right here in my hometown and I know they could repair the tip for me. since it's worthless in the condition its in would it be wise to at least repair it as a wall hanger. my son has been teaching himself Japanese for the last 6 months so I'll give him a crack at it. Forrest

What yearish ? What does the writing say? Forrest

My son and I caught the bug and now we have found another sword that came into my pawn shop yesterday and I'm not sure what to think of it I was hoping for some advice. it has writing on both sides of the blade under the handle. I think the pictures I took should be legible. Forrest

just some measurements information measures three quarters of an inch at the end of the sword and 1 inch and a quarter at the widest point just below the tang and it is 36 and a half inches long Forrest

Any chance of maker marks under the rust? Should I treat the rust or just leave it be? Forrest

Here is the naked blade, Forrest

okay I will take a couple pictures of the blade in its entirety once I get to work and measure the blade both the width and length and maybe that will give a better idea of the date,thank you everyone for your kindness and patience it will mean so much more to my son and to me if when I present this as a gift for Christmas and start him on his journey as a sword collector if I know a little bit about it, so thank you all again very much Forrest

I don't think so I got the sword less than a week ago and I tried to post a couple days ago but did not have a way to edit photos and just got them done. I accidentally posted these pictures in a thread about an old sword I got up at the same time but I figured this was a more appropriate venue to find a little bit out about it. I also posted these pictures on a facebook forum. Forrest

Here is another- Forrest

I am A pawn shop owner and have recently then acquiring quite a bit of memorabilia from World War 2 as the original owners are passing away and family doesn't seem to have interest in it or the older veterans don't have anyone to pass it on to, they have been bringing it to me off late and I've been able to acquire some really neat stuff. I have four sons and we have collected rifles and bayonets both in the 6.5 and 7 .7 rifles but recently I was able to purchase a couple swords along with some knives and bayonets from a gentleman and this is the military sword I got. The other swords seems to be much older and is traditional made from what I'm told. Forrest

Sorry still figuring this out - Forrest

Here are some more photos and I will take more today now that I have some photo editing software. Forrest