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Thanks!

Its hard to see in the rough state the kissaki is, but i am pretty certan the boshi runs out. Im pretty sure the cost would be to mutch for my wallet at the time, but ill keep it oiled and preserve it as good as possible. Mabye it can be revigored some time in the future

good point, it looks realy similar atleast. Nice to have a lead to read up on. Thanks!

If its Ryubun-do, would that date the koshirae atleast to between 18-1900?

I have tried, but the pin seams to be stuck, i suspect glued

Does look like the boshi runs of sadly. Its a bit hard to see, but i am farely certain :/ Thanks for the input!

I bought this a while ago: https://imgur.com/ga...wa-era-tanto-1pbEOFv (tell me if the link dont work) I recuired it very cheap from an estate sale, the people who used to live there were weapon collectors. The ones selling did not know anything about it. I heard some suggest it is showa era koshirae The blade have a broken tip, its one of the reasons i got it cheap The blade is in osoraku zukuri style The last image in the imgur link shows the hada, its is difficult to see, but emerges in the right lighting. It is a bit similar to a edo period wakizashi i have the kissaki is swelled, as seen on one of the last images there is a flower mon on the koshirae and the hairpin, the kogatana is missing sadly :/ I have not found a way to remove the handle, so looking at the nakago is difficult, i know this makes identification harder Any info or thoughts are appreciated

Thanks Andrew! I sendt you a pm about the meeting

Thanks for the info Jussi Ekholm!

ribendao - Cool it a bit diffrent from mine, did swordsmiths usualy try make the sinature on the nakago as similar as possible, or is there variations? Jussi Ekholm - Nice to know! Would be cool to join, membership fee is large, but probably worth it

Thanks! Cool, nice to know there are some out here The latest post from the scandinavian brach was in april 2021, are they still active?

I have looked at that book before, will probably get it now. Thanks for the recommendation! I know most people here are very passionate and enthustiastic, witch is great I hope i did not apear salty Thanks! Im not discuraged at all, looking forward to learning more

Thanks for the responses people In Norway, accsess to swords (repo or antique) is extremely limited. There was one limited exhibition in oslo some months ago, where you could see a nihonto, but other than that there is not that mutch. We have some good viking era swords though Repo swords are mostly illegal. Not illegal to own, but illegal to sell, so hey... The culture here is very "anti-weapon", so finding communities, exhibitions etc around swords is rather difficult. There is around 100 people doing kendo, and 30 doing katori shinto ryu in the contry for example. So there are very few persons here that knows anything about swords. My point here is to illustrate what i ment when i stated that i wanted a "study piece". Something i could hold in hand an have a good look at. As you all probably know, looking at pictures and looking at something in your hand is a rather diffrent experience. The only nihonto i get to see in person are the ones in museums on holyday, or if i get some myself, which is hard on my budget (but hey, got one :). I think learning to ask the right questions is great, and a good pointer forward, but some recommendations for some good books or videoes on the subject would help The internett is filled with info, but it is more bad info than good if you dont know where to look, in my experience. I know some about modern made swords, but not that mutch about antique nihonto. But what i have learned as far, is that this well is realy deep, and there are probably several cave structures under it So what (other than here of course :)) are good sources for nihonto basic knowlege? Any good books for example? Jone

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Thanks for the info people! I can see the diffrence, so gimei then was not served any "big fish story" did not know the smith was that famous. Had probably been a red flag if i had known The important thing for me is that the sword is a genuine Japanese blade Its my first nihonto, so i realy wanted a "study piece", that i could use to learn more Other than the signature, how does the blade look? One of the primary reasons for going with that sword was getting the "whole package". A blade with koshirae, swordbag and a kozuka