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Thank you all for your assistance! I have contacted Robert Benson, and he has agreed to clean the sword enough to examine it. I will be sending the sword to him this week. I'll keep you updated. Mr Benson did mention that "the Sayagaki is by Inami Hakusui is not reliable", saying that over the years since 1964 he has never seen one of their appraisals that was accurate. Is that the general consensus around here?

Thank you! I understand Unsho is a valuable smith? I am currently researching the NBTHK and how to go about appraisal. Any advice would be appreciated.

I've inherited a sword from my late grandfather and was recommended to post about it here! Here is the full sword, with closeups in this imgur album: https://imgur.com/VeFODq4 https://imgur.com/a/wpXrHSm