Robert Trend

Thank you gentlemen for your advice i wonder if anyone has thought of what happens to rusted or damaged blades not worth the cost of expensive polishing shall we just scrap them or maybe allow an some one willing to put the hours in learn to save them , you never know he may just find something worth saving not everyone uses acid or a sander, some of use follow the traditional path with traditional stones I have no doubt that some of you repair your own cars if your good enough to do that without proper training what makes you so different Thank you Darkon for at least looking at my work and yes i did polish this, its signed Shigeuki now not rusting away in a garage some where I would ask once more for you assistance gentlemen this is an unsigned wakizashi : would you pay to have it polished, use it in the garden, leave it to rot in the corner, or let an amateur polisher attempt to polish it ? i hope you will all be willing to answer this as openly as you pass comment

thanks your reply is what i normally get , please read my profile before you jump to conclusions i will send you pictures of the finished article, then i will willingly accept your advice previous early work damaged worthless blade no one wanted

Thank you for advice having traced the signature thru Hawleys the Kuni being cut not quite correct was my reason for asking for your help I puchased this sword unseen with a very chipped edge and high polish to blade no hada visable but with a lovely O kissaki and very nice futatsu hi My intention was to use it for iaido however when i saw the signature and the rust age of tsuka i felt a need to seek advice having now polished a couple of windows masame is starting to show, the hamon is wide enough to allow chip removal here are some photos sorry i am not good with pictures Thankyou all

Having recently purchased this Kunikane blade with as i believed a mumei signature, upon receiving it i was not so sure please advise . having read previous Nihonto discussions on false Kunikane signatures the Kuni seem to be late for the rest of the signature