Okan

So scared.

If you want to know about them just google them! Also, on this website, go to Nihonto info > Links and check out the Commercial tabs...

Steve, You have been buying and selling swords for 7 years and you couldn't find any other place than Ebay?...(I'm sorry but this doesn't sound right)...Did you try Google? You'll find hundreds of dealers in Japan if you just google them.. I've read your posts but your questions and comments are very basic.."Good hamon, weak hamon, wild hamon, is this good smith etc.." Sorry but 7 years in the business and you sound like you have no idea.. Please listen to what John have said..buy some books..watch some documentaries on youtube...You'll also find some great resources online.. https://studyingjapaneseswords.com/

Well its super hard to read so no one will be able to..But I can't see that well anyway.. Here's a wild guess: 兄月

Thanks so much Piers

Well my question is about a sword from the book. And no I don't think it has been translated.

Does anyone have this book, by any chance? - Not want to buy it but ask a question from the book.

Wow 3.0!! Amazing find! Thank you very much Thomas!

Here's another one.

Haha! Good one Dale!

Hayashida Hitoshi (林田等)

Yup this is the one, thank you very much both @xiayang and @SteveM

Looks the same I believe..funny how it ended up on reddit. Attributed to Kanenaga but It's a shikkake with TH.

hmm thats weird..its not a kanenaga..

Thanks a lot guys.

Thumb..always the thumb..yet another thumb.. https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/video/4th-marine-division-w-nude-Japanese-prisoners-of-wars-on-news-footage/513426165?adppopup=true

https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/video/imperial-Japanese-army-lieutenant-general-tomoyuki-news-footage/505358427

Welcome!!

This subject really triggered my OCD @Spartancrest - > you do that time to time! This one also looks like your fish..Perhaps the artist didn't have a great memory description sums up my thoughts.. Also checkout some more renditions.. https://strangescience.net/stsea2.htm

I don't think yours is a Shachi

Might be something from Mitsukurinidae family that is already extinct..or a goblin fish(Mitsukurina)...But I bet it's a representation of a saw fish(family)..or an extinct one anyway.

He is indeed!

Some of you might remember my shipwreck tsuba that I've been trying to restore. Most of them were impossible to save as they are very heavily corroded. I've sent some tsuba to Koden Tosogu and @C0D did a miracle work on one of them. I wanted to share it with you guys as it has pleased me so much. https://www.facebook.com/kodentosogu/posts/784148462922148

From these pictures it looks like a real katana nakago welded to a fake blade..I might be wrong though need to see clear pictures..why did you even buy it?