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Thank you all for your advises. I have written to Mr.Geyer and asked for his opinion.

Dear Jeremy, What a coincident that I find you with this makers blade. I got one "alleged" paperless Nobutaka this week and now I can compare the mei, since I think mine is a gimei. Your blade is magnificent. Yours truly,

Thank you Sir, for your kind words.

Greetings all, My name is Juha, 43 winters seen, originated from North Finland but now living in France. I have practised martial arts from tender age of 12. Always been a Japanophile and loved swords and other pointy things. Been making knives from 1989 for my pleasure. I hope to learn about Nihonto and I love to hear stories behind the art. Yours Sincerely, Juha

Hello, My first post here, be gentle... I went a bought this sword. It came yesterday well packed and I had little time late evening to inspect the sword. I do agree with Jason X that seller was a handful. He's an "old geezer" so I let it go due respect of his old age. I was bit disappointed. As it seems to me that someone has tried to tinker with it. There is no yokote left and I strongly suspect that after the garage polish, it has suffered a acid treatment. bugger. The koshirae seems old and blade does not sit well in tsuka but it wobbles. The tsukamaki is worn and cut since the mekugi was taken off from wrong ura side. Saya, sageo seems "cheap" but the tsuba still has some golden ornament on it. The sword itself is quite small, 84cm in total and proportions seem to be same than a normal size nihonto. All in all this makes me wonder if it was made for a child, or woman. Also about the mei...it is more "crisp" that the overall habitus of the blade so...I dont know. Maybe it is a gimei. The blade seems to have some battle scars and ware and fukure. Well I went and gave it a basic cleaning and put some oil on it. I shall take pictures and measurements later on. Sincerely yours,