jedimasterham

what does shodai mean exactly?? It's very confusing with all the Japanese words..

looks like it could be lacquer work.. So you want some closer images of the tang then??

Yeah, I'm Tom, not jedimasterham! Some people said they thought it looked like it was refitted.. I'm wondering though, I found 2 hits for Ogasawara Nagamune online.. One was a lord of fukashi castle from 1400s-1500s and the other was a swordsmith added to the wazamono list thing.. so it's getting closer.. NAG351 Nagamune Musashi no kuni (Tenpo) NAG351 (10pts) ogasawara uji nagamune saku Yeah, thats what it says! looks like thats him right?? Do you have any more information on him???

I've got an old sword which seems to be genuine according to what many people say, and I'm trying to figure out more about it.. Actually, I've got 2 swords, but I'm focused on just one for right now.. on the tang it reads o gasa wara (uji) naga mune saku.. This otherwise stands for Nagamune of the Ogasawara clan from what I've been told.. Anyway, since I can't load any picture of the sword and tang, I'll attach it to my post so you can check it out.. Please email back or post something if you know something.. Cheers, Oh yeah, here's some measurements.. Some might be off, it's my first time doing this.. Mei: O Gasa (uji) Wara Naga Mune Sake -basically means: Made by Nagamune of the Ogasawara lineage Nagasa: 63 cm Sakihaba: 2.25 cm Motohaba: 3.1 cm Nakago: 12c cm Sori: 1 cm Kissaki: 4 cm Since I've no idea how to post pictures on here, maybe someone could email me and then I'll send them my pictures and they post them on here.. Thanks, jedimasterham@yahoo.com