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@Matsunoki@DoTanuki yokai Dear Colin, I believe you do try to pick a fight! (Just joking, I don't know why but as you said so many fights going on these days! Anyways, I didn't mean the quality about Kirimon itself, they are good. But the way they have applied..they are not on a straight line. Some how they seem like rotated a bit. So what I meant was the placement of the mons, not the quality(sometimes my english can be tricky) And of course the shakudo work is outstanding...But don't you think there is a chance that these mons were added later to gift a family sword to imperial family or Toyotomi's or something? Nevertheless, it's an amazing piece of art.. Here are some closer pictures of the other one.

Dear Jean, It probably wouldn't stop corrosion but would give a nice black look for a day or two. I can try antler pieces but I'm afraid I don't have any so I would very much appreciate some.

Hey guys, Quick question. I'm not sure if the overlay material is sahari or silver but there is little rust going on here. Do you think some choji would hurt the 3-6-4 kiri mon? (want to remind you it's not inlay) Thank you!! @Spartancrest I already know your answer but I'm not gonna do it no spitting

Amazing workmanship. But I think Kiri mon's were added later. They are just not in the same quality with the rest if you know what I mean. It should have look something like this.

Derek, I have to agree with Rivkin. This is probably a Yamato blade. Take good care of it. Buy nice flowers to that old lady(and maybe some jewellery)..

Wow great find Derek. You are very lucky! As everyone said, you have to show the nakago(tang). Use a soft light so we can also see the color of the rust. I have a feeling this might be an old blade. I want to say early to mid Muromachi but being ubu, it doesn’t make sense. Confusing blade. More pictures please!!

Very nice sword Eric!

I don’t think this blade was made by “the” Norimitsu. Hada doesn’t look right, also the quality. Is it papered? If not consider its gimei. Did you buy this?

There is no value in wanting something looted(stolen) from a dead body. I'm sure seller is an idiot who thought adding a line like this make it worth more. But as I said, there is no way the story is true so bidding for it wouldn't hurt.

I can assure you that a soldier wasn't "wearing" this sword. Also the sageo(cord) is tied in samurai fashion. Nice fittings, late edo tsuba. Koshirae seems broken. But I would gamble this if I was living in the states..

Agreed, but there would be roughly 3k euros difference between gimei and real Unjū

Hey Adrian, I know you want it to be real but sadly it's not(it's probably a chinese reproduction). So you really don't have to spend time with more pictures and videos but refund it while/if you can

What is this?

I might be wrong but this looks gimei to me. If you have the sword in hand please compare these two signatures. A bit hard for me to see from the picture. @Ray Singer would know better.

Looks fake..If you can ask for refund just do it.

I'm in love with this one.

It's a sunnobi tanto(ko-wakizashi)..Looks Bizen-ish..Is it signed? Papered?

You really shouldn't do that George Without seeing the whole package it's just guessing and it's not a healthy way to train your eyes. In your case, the picture doesn't really show anything..It might as well be a shinshinto or gendaito..

Yup..here is a similar design.

Looks Shoami to me..

Hey, Anyone saw this before? I've found one similar design which is a "US Army WW1 Engineer machete"..Hmm.. @ROKUJURO

Hallo Ed, most probably a museum inventory number. I have one like that as well..keep it

Steve, Someone who has 1000 times more experience and knowledge than you sharing his opinion and this is your answer? If your answer was " Thank you for your reply but what make you think it's a Showato?" then you would be able to learn something! But you don't want to learn anything..You are simply narrow-minded!.. Don't get me wrong, I really don't care about your questions as they are waste of time to answer but I won't stay silent when you disrespect others...

Don't take him serious please..

Gotcha! Thank you!