Ron Durall

Thank you Ron

I would like to know also.

Do you all know of anyone in Oklahoma or North Texas that could do a polish on this katana? Where on the nakago do you see what might be a star?

Here are some more. Thank you for your insights.

I can't get ImageStack to come up right now to post more pictures. Perhaps this will work.

Between the flash and using the powder ball is what made the blade hada show up so much. I know this blade has been in the family for years. I'll try to get some more pictures of the blade posted.

Whoops this was the picture I meant to post last.

A few years ago I cam across this sword in one of my customers houses while treating it for an insect problem. It kindled an interest in swords and over the years I picked up a few. A month ago the same customer called me with a problem and offered to trade me the sword for $350 worth of pest control services. She got it from her father who brought it back from WWII. I posted some pictures on the sword forum and some one suggested I post some here. There are no stamps on the tang just some white marks that I can't make anything out of. I was wondering if anyone in here can give me some information about the blade. I'm think that the fittings are type 34 but that is about as far as my knowledge goes. I had problems trying to get shots of the hada but used a powder ball and with the flash I was able to bring it out enough to capture it in the pictures.