Matt B

Thank you Brian for a helpful response, this was an entry level priced wakizashi and I very much enjoy the design and it displays well with my other one.

Hello, I recently purchased my second Wakizashi at auction and wanted to see what people’s opinions were on it, specifically the accuracy of the information on the card that was included that a previous owner typed up. It was noted that this was sold in 2004 by Bonhams and I was able to track down the listing from them that had the following information. "Shinshinto; nagasa 39.4 cm; toriizori, chu-kissaki, itame ji, kakikake boshi, suguha, suriage nakago, hitotsu mekugiana, mumei, shirasaya; contemporary koshirae." I'm still very new to collecting Japanese swords so I only understand a bit of this information, how well does it Jive with the typed-up information card, where is the makers name coming from, is it based off characters from the Kogai, does the squared off end mean that it was shortened at some point? Thanks for any information. -Matt

Thanks for the helpful information, I knew this was a hobby deep learning curve and I'm enjoying reading up on everything.

Jussi, from the notch to the point of the sword it’s approx. 21.5 inches.

Thanks Ray, it was a comment further down the reply chain about the engraving quality. I’ve been using the information you posted to do some research, are you able to recommend a good reference book?

Hello, I've recently purchased my first Japanese sword and know very little about them so I'm just looking for an overall opinion on it. (imgur link due to size limit https://imgur.com/a/G6dnBkD) The auction had mentioned a time period of around the 1500's, is that a fair assumption, anything on the maker or area of the country? I ran this by a Facebook group and it was mentioned that the signature may be suspect due to it being lightly engraved as well some people thought it might be worth getting polished to restore the blade, but not if the signature was added after the fact. I'm not looking to second guess anyone there I'm just looking for the most information I can find out about it, I just wanted a real traditionally made old period sword and this was the first one that came up in my budget. Thanks for any information. -Matt B.