Rob K Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 This small sword was in with two military swords in my grandfathers ww2 chest. Any thoughts on if I should take it somewhere or to whom to be evaluated? Thanks in advance. 2 Quote
Ghoul Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 It's very hard to say much about the wakizashi without seeing the blade or tang, but those look like some good fittings! That tsuba in particular looks amazing... Quote
Rivkin Posted September 21 Report Posted September 21 Give us good pictures as defined many times on this forum and good chance we'll tell you the ballpark of what it is. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted September 22 Report Posted September 22 And please do us Military guys a favor and post the 2 military swords over on the Military Swords of Japan forum! Quote
Rob K Posted September 26 Author Report Posted September 26 On 9/21/2024 at 5:12 PM, Ghoul said: It's very hard to say much about the wakizashi without seeing the blade or tang, but those look like some good fittings! That tsuba in particular looks amazing... Quote
Rob K Posted September 26 Author Report Posted September 26 Will try to find better lighting to take better pictures but I was able to get it a part quite easily watching a youtube video. Thank everyone for your help..... It has some Japanese writing or symbols on the tang part Quote
Rob K Posted September 26 Author Report Posted September 26 On 9/21/2024 at 5:12 PM, Ghoul said: It's very hard to say much about the wakizashi without seeing the blade or tang, but those look like some good fittings! That tsuba in particular looks amazing... Added some pics I was able to get to the tang thing Quote
Rob K Posted September 26 Author Report Posted September 26 On 9/21/2024 at 7:27 PM, Rivkin said: Give us good pictures as defined many times on this forum and good chance we'll tell you the ballpark of what it is. I added some pics of tang thing will try to get better lighting to take clear pictures of blade. Thanks... Quote
Ghoul Posted September 26 Report Posted September 26 Thanks for the extra pics Rob, I'm glad you've sent them! This all looks to be a very genuine and possibly very old shobu zukuri wakizashi. I unfortunately can't help translate the tang (hopefully someone else will come along and give it a go), but it really does look like a nice sword to me. I especially like the black habaki and tsuba - both are fairly unusual, and not things you would see normally added to a low quality sword. I think in the pictures I can see some evidence of fingerprints on the blade - please do give the blade a wipe with a clean microfibre cloth or else they may end up being permanent... However, don't ever be attempt to do anything else cleaning wise (no rust removal, no cleaning the tang, etc). Here's a link I found helpful starting out: https://www.Japanese...rdindex.com/care.htm Quote
Okan Posted September 27 Report Posted September 27 住東叡山忍岡辺長曽祢虎徹入道 Nagasone, priest name ´Kotetsu´, close to Shinobugaoka at the Tōeizan Gimei. 2 Quote
Rivkin Posted September 27 Report Posted September 27 My words should not be seen as a real judgement, but the writing to me looks subpar, pressure is uneven and curved lines have pauses/changes in direction which are characteristic of someone guessing what the hell is he writing. Otherwise this is a custom shaped end of shinto or quite possibly shinshinto waki. Quote
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