Fredrikhm

Thank you very much! I saw one of your posts in another thread and sent you an e-mail a couple of seconds ago. What a coincidence, haha!

It would be very interesting to see the sword polished, but it seems to be very expensive to get it done. I think I'll try to keep it in the best shape possible without polishing it. Even if I'm not interested in selling it, it feels a bit too expensive to pay 2000 euros to polish a sword that don't even have a shirasaya. I'm interested in acquiring other nihonto as well. Is it ok to post pictures of swords currently on auction to get expert opinions? I don't want to be nuisance. I've seen one nihonto with almost the exact same shape as mine. Was different shapes of blades and tangs popular at different time periods or could it be that both swords were made at the same school? There was a wakizashi that had a striking resemblance to my blade on one auction site. The difference in length was only 1 cm, which would be even less if a small piece of the tip of my blade wasn't missing. I put my sword next to the picture below. I wasn't able to take a pictures at the same distance as the people at the auction house but my sword is 57 cm and the other one 58. I think they should have approximately the same distance between the tang and the blade. Just to be clear, the other sword is the one to the right:

Hello, I'm wondering if there are any nihonto experts living near Stockholm, Sweden? I posted pictures of a wakizashi on an american "weapons forum" and a well-renowned collector, Bob Coleman, estimated the blade to have been forged around 1650. It would be fun to know more about the sword, and that is why I'm looking for an expert living close to/or passing by Stockholm. My mother gave me the wakizashi when I was younger, but I've had the impression the sword was just a cheap copy, mainly because of the cheap parts mounted on the blade. There's no signature on the tang, and as you can see, the sword is i pretty "roughed up". Greetings from Stockholm Fredrik