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hamon, kissaki/boshi part 8

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 7

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 6

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 5

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 4

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 3

hamon, kissaki/boshi part 2

Here are all the up close photos of the hamon, and kissaki/boshi. I did the best I could with my outdated phone.

Thank you for your response Toryu! I will certainly take more and better photos, including the whole nakago, as well as close ups of the hamon and kissaki/boshi. Thank you for the compliment!

Ah, thanks for the clarification Geraint! I now understand what you were eluding to. Yeah, it seems that the more I look into the signature, the more I keep finding discrepancies that does not match legitimate Yasutsugu signatures. But then again, that is also just my naked eye and I have no knowledge or expertise. But yes, I am considering getting a shinsa on the sword but I'm going to wait it out and see if I can get more information before I do so. Also, I'm reluctant to part ways with the sword for that long since I just received it lol. I'm still hoping I can get more info from others but thanks again for feedback.

Thanks for your input Geraint! Can you elaborate when you said, "Personally I'm not convinced by the calligraphy, but all the oshigata I have seen have been by the early generations?" I'm not quite sure what you meant based on the context, plus I'm still new to the nihonto terms. Yes, I still love the look and quality of the sword, regardless. I also looked at that same diagram for the yasutsugu school but its hard to make out which it would be specifically since the bottom left portion of the second "tsugu" character is also different from the one you pointed out. But yeah, I will try to take more detailed pictures of the everything with a better camera when I get the time. I would definitely like to know as much as I can about the sword. Thanks again for your feedback!

Hello, I recently inherited this sword from my grandfather and I have honeslty been obsessed with it. After some research, I understand that the signature could be a Yasutsugu sword, possibly third generation. But what I am now questioning is the authenticity of the Aoi mon (crest) on the nakago. I'm seeing alot of real Aoi mon engravings that look significantly different than mine. I have also read from this forum that there are a bunch of fake Yasutsugus out there but I am unable to find examples of fake aoi mon carvings anywhere online. If this is possibly fake, it would be hard to believe based on the sheer quality of the sword. That is why I am relying on the expertise of the users of this forum to help me out. Do any of you know if this is a fake Yasutsugu or possibly the real deal? If you need more photos, I can upload them. Thanks in advance.