Joe Heckel

Thanks for all your encouraging responses, you all are great resources. I am so impressed with the knowledge base and kinsman ship. One more question; the Mon on the Koshirae and Tsuka Kashira was identified as Maeda & Mimura, what significance do these 2 crests have relative to the person/Samurai the sword was made for, etc? Do these 2 crests help to validate the age as being Muromachi Period?? Thanks for your interest and responses. Joe H

I paid $1300 +18% $1534 There is a lot of writing on the small knife blade, the blade is blackened, how should I clean it so it can be photographed? What is your thought as to age Thanks Joe H

Thanks for your reply Mark Link follows http://www.willishenryauctions.com/cata ... -78-sword/ Hope the link works as I am not a computer expert Joe H

I am a 1st time user @ Nihanto and would like to learn more about a Wakazashi that I just purchased. If you could check the website for Willis Henry Auctions, it was lot #78 that I bought. Can anyone give me an educated guess as to the age of the sword? The Fuchi & kashira set ( on the blade) has many characters that I cannot translate, to take a clear picture of the characters ( the blade has a dark patina) what should I clean this small blade with, to include a picture in my next post? I would appreciate any commentary about the sword, that expands on the cataloging description in the auction catalog? Thank you for your kind help Joe H