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Great result, look forward to seeing the Koshirae you had commissioned for it.

These values are from the Toko Taikan, where listed Gendai smiths all start at one million yen. Kanemichi made good Gendai during the 30's, after that he appeared to have focused more on making Showato for the war effort and quality Gendaito are far less common.

Navy officers reportedly complained about Kai Gunto tassels being too short when introduced, but this takes the cake.

Came across additional photos of the Iwo Jima Sadakatsu mentioned above in this old thread:

New host may be the only option, current one really seems to be struggling.

This is an external mail client, no filters set and nothing in junk. Will contact their support and see if they can whitelist it.

For the past couple of weeks there hasn't been any email notifications for messages, is this effecting anyone else? Notifications are turned on.

Hello Terrance and welcome to the forum. Your sword looks to be an oil tempered example rather than a traditionally forged sword. The blue/brown tassel indicates the Japanese officer held a rank between Lieutenant-Captain.

If you could implement that link property change to the old style of tiles everything would be perfect.

Either a Gimei, or much later generation.

Hello Scott, welcome to the forum. Unfortunately this is a chinese fake, of which they've been making for decades. https://www.jssus.org/nkp/fake_japanese_swords.html

It appears the Tsuka and Tsuba are later additions, the proportions are all off compared to the Saya.

Some feedback on the recent UI changes; it's now somewhat challenging to view/open multiple listings as you can't right click a tile listing in a new tab with view item button removed. Additionally, the link to the item page and sellers site is tucked away below the contact dealer and watch item options. Would you consider moving the item and dealer links to a more prominent position, or changing the properties of the tiles to allow opening in a new window?

The knot looks authentic and in good condition. Wouldn't pay much attention to anything AI says about this sort of thing.

There was supposed to be more in that reply, but Shodai Yasutsugu was a very much a Keicho era smith and Nanban Tetsu has a broad meaning not just limited to Dutch or Portugese trade.