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Why Sorry? I thought that mounts have no value at all. By the way, War time Nihonto, may be, but it must be the first world war to have any logic in my familly history, although all can be possible. Some facts could imply latter dates like 1932, but nothing as close as the II WW. (This is due to the Asaka Yasuhiko hypothesis, which can be false also, But no Japanese came closer to my Gd ppa as him.., if any and it could have been some commercial gift of course nothing more) Thanks for your carefull check and help Best regards Jacques

And one picture from the Kissaki.. I thinck this is all I can do.. But I remember that 10 years ago, the people that restored the sword said probably 1835.. How could they be so precise is a mystery for me.. But this could be what you call a Gensai Katana, so a relatively new one..with respect to the age of the weapon type of course.. Looking forward

May be these pictures will be more informative

Another picture from the NaKago (not more information on this one I presume).. and one of the Sword before restoration..

Merci Jean, Thanks, I went with your answer to the topic Swordsmithdatabase, found a lot of Nobushige mei, but no one as simple as mine. And no way to find a date.. Can it be that this mei is a kind of generic, with a lot of people sharing the same signature? I add 3 pictures to show the astouning restoration work Avec votre traduction, je suis allé sur le lien des forgerons et j'y ai trouvé des dizaines de Nobushige, mais aucun (sauf peut-etre le 3) où le mei est reduit aux 3 Kanji Nubushige Saku. Et aucun moyen de trouver une date.. Est-ce que cette siganture pourrait être celle de multiples forgerons..avec donc de multiples epoques possibles? Je joins 3 images montrant le travail de restauration de la lame, pour moi, novice, impressionnant Merci de votre aire, Thanks for your help Jacques

Hello, I am the happy owner of a Katana sword which was in my alsacian before my birth.. It was A gift received by my grandfather. May be from Asaka Yasuhiko while he was in a famous french military school (between 1920 and 1930).. But no certitude. All the men in my familly died before 1950.. I made the sword restored 10 years ago, traditional polishing and new lacing by Espace4 rue mazarine at Paris. These people said that it was a gift sword (no wonder) of good quality, worth the restoration cost.. But I learned nothing more. As far as I know the mei is 信重作, and I found nothing about that swordsmith. Can sombody help me. I would like to transmit this to my children with some more information Thanks for any help Jacques