I thought I would post a few photos of a comparison of a seventh generation Ishido Korekazu that I bought at Aoi a year ago or so and a similar sword on the site right now (which happens to be juyo).  I am astounded about the uniformity of production, appearance, signature, date etc.  To imagine pounding a sword out with hammers and ending up with two items so similar is mind boggling.  They were made a year or two apart.  The Aoi blade is juyo and mine is in shinsa right now (fingers still cros