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Hello. Thank you for all of the help gentleman. Now that i know the blade was made by some unknown person. At least it does not seems to be the mass made swords that flooded the county during the war.

Hi Tom. Here's the pic for the nakago. Hope it is clear enough. Thanks.

Hello. Well, the polish is not really that bad of a quality. However, since this is a study piece for me, so i won't spend too much money on it yet. Thank you for the compliment Jean. I am a newbie at this. I just spend a while and referred all the details and physical characteristic of the blade to the connoisseur's book of Japanese swords by Kokan Nagayama. I know it is extremely difficult to see the jihada. To the very limited knowledge and untrained eyes of mine, it seems like Masame. When i look at it with the light shines at the Ji, the hada looks like thousands of straight lines running from the nakago all the way to the yokote. I was just hoping to understand a little more about the maker of this. Can't seem to be able to find anything about it. I had it looked at by a Japanese gentleman here and he says that it may be made sometime in the late 1800 to 1900. No way to know or to confirm that. I just really hope that it is not the WW2 junk that was stamped out of cheap steel for the war effort. Thank you for any and all the help gentlemen.

Hi. Sorry, i suck big time at photography and very new to Nihonto too, so bear with me. Here are the dimensions of the blade. There are no stamp of any type. Length: 26 Sugata: Shinogi-Zukuri Sori:Torii zori Kissaki: Chu Kissaki Hada: Masame Hamon: Chu Suguha Boshi: Kaeri Fukashi Mune: Mune-Takashi Nakago: Futsu Gata Yasurime: Kesho Yasuri Please excuse my not too good of the picture. Somehow, I just cant load more than one picture this time.. I would love to find out a little bit about this blade if any info is available. Doesn't seem to be the WW2 junk so far. Thanks again for the help gentlemen.

Hello. I was wondering if your expertise could help me understand a bit more about this piece I have. The nakago says "Dewa Kuni Gassan Mune Mitsu" There are clues on the blade that indicates the traits of Yamamoto tradition. The hamon is Suguha and about 3 inches from the nakago, it has this on the hamon, which indicates work from Mino. I have looked everywhere, but i could not find any info on the signature at all. I really hope all of you gents could help. Thanks. Neil.