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Yes, the Fuchi is there. I can add a photo when I go back upstairs... Thanks for the post, David

Hi Grey, Thank you for the informative information. Chopstick? Perfect easy fix! As far as questions about this sword? I don’t really have any... it is what It is... not the greatest but still a piece of history. I do have one questions... what kind of Kolguchi am I looking for? Not the same as the military version? Also, is there a way to make the sword tighter? I don’t know if the two Seppa’s that came with this sword are the correct ones. There’s a lot of play between them and the tang... very loose. At the very least I would need at least one more Seppa, possibly two. Other than that, I think I’m good to go and will look for the next project. Thank you again, David

Last one...

Ok... gonna try resizing...thanks Also, to stop rust on the tang? I thought the tang wasn’t supposed to be messed with? Oil? Thanks all, D

Sorry but I’m unable to post anymore pics... won’t let me

I’m not quite sure how to post all the photos... it won’t let me post all at once

Hello all, I’m new to this forum so please forgive me if I’m not doing something correctly. I usually post my sword questions on a different forum... but a member there told me to use this forum (Thanks Bruce!). I’m more of a WW2 gun collector than I am a sword collector... however, I find swords very interesting! Onto why I’m here, I recently purchased a sword in an online auction that had only two blurry pictures. I looked at them and wasn’t quite sure if it was an original civil sword or a reproduction. I decided to put a bid of $100.00 and roll the dice. Go figure... I won! I received the sword yesterday and I was quite pleased that it wasn’t a repro! Of course, it’s not in the greatest shape... blade had surface rust and a few nasty black spots from moisture and no lube. The saya came in two pieces and missing a couple of parts. All in all... I think I did well for $100.00! The tsuba is of iron construction with gold inlay. I was kinda thinking it might have been from the Edo period because of the deep rust on the tang (No maker signature). I was able to clean the blade with some oil to remove a lot of the rust (Don’t worry the tang is untouched). i was able to contact the seller who wasn’t able to give me much history on the sword. He informed me that his grandfather was in the Navy during WW2 and most likely brought this home after the war. The grandfather passed away recently... while cleaning out his house they found this sword in a closet. Nobody in the family knew he had this sword. The seller took the sword to a couple antique dealers and was told that it’s nothing but “Scrap Metal!”... Others weren’t able to give him any information on the sword. So... all this ended in him auctioning off the sword. I guess my question would be... is it possible to date this sword from the tang? Sometimes I think I see characters under the rust but it could be my eyes playing tricks on me... or a strange rust pattern. Anyways, I need to find a couple pieces for the saya and a replacement for the wooden dowel in the handle (it fell apart). I cant get great photos of the tang... the rust is much darker than what my camera is showing.