A Curious Katana

[jbeer1212]

Hey Folks,

One more of the swords that my friend brought to me,this one has quite fine mounts(whats left of them at least).  Silver foil Habaki and a very nice early Onin tsuba.

It appears that the tang was once upon a time signed, but I really cannot make out any Kanji, unfortunately, however I see that there are lines chiseled against the file marks, and appear to be remnants of a signature.  Any thoughts on how to possibly capture those would be appreciated.

It appears also that someone "polished" it  but really it seems that they hit it with steel wool, or a buffing pad, so the Hamon , while visible is very hard to capture.  I am curious if the form of the blade or any features stand out to anyone?  Also does anyone know the Mon on the saya?

Like the others I posted I will shoot better photos, but my light set up is dismantled at the moment, as I am just rather busy at the moment, and haven't had time to put it together.

Many thanks,

Jeremy

Overall length is 79.5cm

cutting edge is 63cm

 

 

[jbeer1212]

[Ray Singer]

This appears to be an intentionally removed inscription. It may not be possible to decipher what the inscription was, and also possible that removed inscription was gimei (the reason for its removal and not something that would not provide value to recover). 

[Baba Yaga]

The Nakago looks Ubu to me with 1 mekugi-ana, but would have to see it in hand. Can't judge the mei without in hand! Sword looks way to shiny, that may do to the photos.