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Old 28th April 2015, 05:23 PM   #1
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May be there is some japanese blades specialists who could give me an opinion about this WAKIZASHI.
any comment on it would be walcome.

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Old 28th April 2015, 05:25 PM   #2
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Old 29th April 2015, 11:18 AM   #3
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To my untutored eye it looks a nice piece. There is a dedicated nihonto site here,
http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/forum/3-nihonto/ with very knowledgeable members and a wealth of information available.
I would add the caveat-warning though that they can be downright harsh and judgemental, especially to the beginner or entry level collector.
You also need to turn the tsuba round, the Kodzuka-ana (opening in the guard) goes to the inside when the sword is worn edge up, so that the more elaborate decoration faces forward when worn.
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Old 29th April 2015, 06:05 PM   #4
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To my untutored eye it looks a nice piece. There is a dedicated nihonto site here,
http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/forum/3-nihonto/ with very knowledgeable members and a wealth of information available.
I would add the caveat-warning though that they can be downright harsh and judgemental, especially to the beginner or entry level collector.
You also need to turn the tsuba round, the Kodzuka-ana (opening in the guard) goes to the inside when the sword is worn edge up, so that the more elaborate decoration faces forward when worn.
Thank You David,
I will post it now in this forum ,I had already post a teppo here and I have seen that there is a lot of specialists in this forum but I 'm little afraid because the analyse for a Japanese sword is so complex !

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Old 29th April 2015, 07:08 PM   #5
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They will be able to tell you a lot more about your sword there than I can. Truth is, I am also nervous when I post there!
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Old 29th October 2015, 08:46 AM   #6
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Be prepared to let them tear your sword apart as well as the harsh language...
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Be prepared to let them tear your sword apart as well as the harsh language...
The first thing they will tell you will be to photograph the tang without any fittings covering parts of it.
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