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    Here are the gunto fittings it came with. I like to keep it to show the history of the blade. Of course I keep the blade in a hinoki wood shirasaya
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    Yes prob at least 78cm Nagasa
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    This is one I lucked out on eBay on a few years back. It was mounted in ww2 gunto not bad for $1400 I figured I would take a chance
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    Kirikomi on mune of sword. A lot of interesting history
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    The school I narrowed it down to was Yoshii. I am not sure. Wishing to share with others to see what info out there can help. The blade is Mumei and had been cut down. There are remnants of filing marks on nakago that gives a good indication of how long this blade was at one time. Measurements: Nagasa 68.5cm, nakago 21.75cm, sori 1.8cm, motohaba 3cm, sakihaba 2cm, kissaki 2.75cm, motokasane 0.725cm, sakikasane 0.5cm. Pics best describes the hada and hamon since blade is in excellent healthy condition
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    Hey John, no this one wasn’t in any mounts. When I got it a few years back it was just the blade
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    I will definitely consider that. The fact that also it is an ubu wakizashi is telling. Especially the fact that I bought it on eBay for $600 I assumed that it was gimei. The tiredness or polishing effect does run the length of the blade and can be viewed directly overhead it is bright and sparkles and quite clear. It is very hard to capture that effect in a picture. I will definitely consider all points of view.
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    Nagasa 67.4cm. I think it is an early Tachi maybe mid or early Kamakura especially the very tiny kissaki. Compared to my other swords in comparison the kissaki looks ridiculously small. Also surprisingly the original boshi is still there. I’m sure others will come out and give me the smack down and say it’s a worn out Shinto made to deceive others to think it’s an early piece then quickly move on… but I like it so…. Also to add the sword was greatly cut down
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    I kinda agree… definitely this blade been thru a lot but still somehow has a lot of artistry left in the hamon as you pointed out. Blade has very deep curvature and very thin and light almost like a Calvary Sabre.
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    It’s a nice study piece and the only blade that I own with what I believe to be choji utsuri which looks wild under the right lighting
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    Beaten old thin sword with very small ko-kissaki lots of damage on blade but beautiful hamon
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    Thomas yes you are right. Thank you for the info. I will ignore signature and focus more on the blade
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    More pics utsuri
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    Here is the best pics I can get of the utsuri. It is much more clear and bright in hand. Not tired blade. Still much meat and niku
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    I know there are cases of utsuri in Shinto work but from what I read quite rare
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    I disagree with Shinto. The shinogi ji has fine mokume pattern not masame like in most Shinto work
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    Yes I agree 100%. I have read that there are many different types of mei with Kanemitsu signatures but I agree I have seen none similar to this one and that is my thought as well that signature doesn’t match known examples
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    I was always told look at sword/features first then signature
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    Thank you Ray, yes signature does look suspect but they did it on a sword that has many features very very similar to Kanemitsu. They were either very knowledgeable or randomly picked the perfect fit to do a gimei on which would be very remarkable
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