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I thought I watched them all..guess not. Thank you Jean.

Very nice sword Alex.

Steven, there is a beautiful "Military Swords of Japan" section, you know..

Hey guys, I've noticed a bump on the bottom of an old sword bag so decided to dig it and found this small ball? It was stitched in another layer of a pocket, inside the bag. It was pretty dark and gray so i decided to wash it gently. Has anyone found/saw anything like this before?

That's not a proper machete...this is a proper machete! ha!

Thanks a lot @SteveM @Matsunoki!!

Hello guys, I was wondering if I could get more info about what I have here. First, the material..Shibuichi? Bronze? Some mixed metal? And period maybe? Thanks a bunch.

If this is going to be your first sword, for study purposes, I would recommend picking up something in good polish, so you can see the blade.

Sergio Martins..in the NL. Guess you can reach him on Facebook.

Those are museum catalogue numbers.

Why are you wearing gloves?

Meow

Steve, This question was already answered..Mark gave you a list of Nobukini’s..it’s one of them. Hawley 15 ones. Why do you want to pinpoint the smith? Why don’t you study the blade and learn something from it?

Just a light coat of oil will be fine! No need for bags.

I would keep it.

Hey guys, Any idea from which schools these might be? Thank you!

My lil piece

From Markus: "The mei appears to read: Miyashita – Tadamasa (宮下・尹正)" Looks like another mystery is solved..thank you everyone! @Shugyosha You cancel your next eye exam appointment!

One more try with the pictures.

Dear Chris, Thank you very much!! Here is the excerpt from Markus's book. I'm still amaze that they were able to sign on a "micro" spot where I can't even read with a 10x magnifier Toshinori (寿矩) was a student of Kiyotoshi. His civilian name was „Morimiya Heikichi“ (森宮平吉) and he was born in the first year of Tenpō (1830) the son of a cooper (okeya, 桶屋). His former family name was, according to transmission, „Miyashita“ (宮下). He used the gō „Ryūseimin“ (竜青眠 or 龍青眠) and died on the 15th day of the ninth month of Meiji 30 (1897). His son Heijirō (平次郎), who continued the original family name „Miyashita“, specialized after the Meiji Restoration in the mounting of rayskin (same, 鮫) on sword hilts under the name of „Samehei“ (鮫平).

Hello guys, appreciate if you help out with this one..sharing both sides with multiple angles. Thanks in advance.

déjà vu.

I am sure he had done his research before selling this otherwise he would be asking a lot more and its clearly gimei.:treasure hunting needs some basic knowledge right? (I think this is the 6th time i’m repeating myself)