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On inspection of the blade it does look like it may have been sharpened in a haste with whatever was laying around. Still don’t know much history on it (as to how it came into possession of my step father). But all this is just down right great. Any suggestions on care?

Blade length is about 30.5 inches with total length being right at 36 inches. Serial numbers on blade and scabared (drag?) do not match.

Ahh. Learning lots today. I was planning on keeping the sword as this house used to belong to my parents. They left a lot of stuff including this sword and 4 others here. The next thing on my list is proper care for display. - Richard

Thanks Bruce. I can confirm it's the "Otsu" version. Just can't tell of it's the 1899 pattern or Model 32 (wont have more time to look it up until tonight). This is far more information than I've been able to find on my own. Seriously, thank you for this. - Richard

Thanks Geraint, that helped tremendously. And sorry about not adding my name. I figured since registration asked for a name it would automatically display. I’ll look through that link some more and see if I can find some care instructions for this sword. - Richard

Hello all, I'm hoping y'all can help me identify one of the 5 swords we found in our garage when we bought the place in January. The other 4 we've identified as Spanish in origin and most likely replicas for display. This 5th one however we are unsure of. We do believe it to be Japanese in origin based on markings. From what research we've done, appears to be late 19th, early 20th century. But this is the extent of what we know. As for removing the handle to show the tang, I do not feel confident in my abilities to do so with damaging the sword. My goal with this sword (as with the others) is to take care of them and place them on display in our house. Any help would be greatly appreciative. Higher resolution versions can be found here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2h70q4yicjefldz/AAB_mQTMJWVqDocROQxRdTC0a?dl=0