Shelley Balderson Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Can anyone recommend an expert...or can anyone here help identifying a sword? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlegski Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 If no one on this site comes up with info you might try another site called Blade forums. I saw where at least one person in their Sword section on that sight seemed fairly knowledgeable about such swords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 (edited) You might try these folks https://www.facebook.com/groups/779807495836515 Or these guys https://www.facebook.com/groups/94801431982 It seems to have some age to it, and the furniture are nice and detailed g Edited November 6, 2022 by Geoff Keyes "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Shelley Balderson said: or can anyone here help identifying a sword? Yup, definitely a sword . Seriously though, you could also try myarmoury.com. In any case, please let us know what you find out. It will be very interesting to know. "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Looks real to me, and so the most important thing to do is nothing. Do not try to clean any part of it, not at all. Especially don't try to remove the rust on the tang, half the value is there. Seriously. Hopefully the guys Geoff suggest can help. There is a Nihonto (Japanese sword) forum, but they're ruthless if you aren't an insider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 This guy might also be someone to reach out to https://www.facebook.com/artur.drogamiecza.5 I want to reiterate CLEAN NOTHING, NOT THE PIECES AND ESPECIALY NOT THE TANG. FOR A COLLECTOR, ALL OF THE VALUE IS THERE "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan pfanenstiel Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 This looks to be a nice sword from Japan. my kanji-fu is not what it should be, but the first signature pic I get “resident of”, then second character would be the province or village, like Bishu or Osafune. I couldn’t figure it out. The other side looks like “Kane” then “shige” maybe? This would be the smiths name, Kaneshige. reading sword kanji is a PITA, which is why I’m not so good at it. The other advice here is solid. I’d love to hear what comes from your research on this. Dan Dan Pfanenstiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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