This sword is a wakizashi short sword as being between 30.3cm - 60.6cm in length. And is signed on the omote(front) side Nagasone Kotetsu Nyudo Okisato, who was a swordsmith active from around the Shoho period (1644-1648) to the Kanbun period (1661-1673)
I had this sword looked at from one of Australia's top Japanese sword experts. They gave me the devastating news that this sword is most likely a fake, as there are more fake Kotetsu swords in existence than there are authentic ones.
The last photograph clearly indicates the issues my expert had with this sword. I was just hoping that someone may be able to give me a second opinion on this.
