Japanese Sword For Comments

dralin23 · 13th August 2007, 08:57 PM

hi
you ask for more information about these japanese sword!! where you bought it? please send better pictures from the tang and the signature. my first thought is that it is one othese many many "guarantee original japanese swords" made in china! please look if you can see some one from the rest of the hamon line at the edge. but the first indication is the conditoin from the signature and the shape from the tang of your sword. send some more pictures and i hope i can tell you more over your sword!
stefan

Bill M · 13th August 2007, 11:05 PM

Could you take a piece of onion skin paper or thin paper and a soft lead pencil and gently make a rubbing of the characters on the tang? It works best if you make your rubbing at a diagonal to the tang.

Do not clean the tang, just make a gentle rubbing. Scan and post this. Maybe we can help. It is hard to read the characters from your post.

This may give a clear image of the characters.

13th August 2007, 08:57 PM	#1
dralin23 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 210	katana hi you ask for more information about these japanese sword!! where you bought it? please send better pictures from the tang and the signature. my first thought is that it is one othese many many "guarantee original japanese swords" made in china! please look if you can see some one from the rest of the hamon line at the edge. but the first indication is the conditoin from the signature and the shape from the tang of your sword. send some more pictures and i hope i can tell you more over your sword! stefan

13th August 2007, 11:05 PM	#2
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Could you take a piece of onion skin paper or thin paper and a soft lead pencil and gently make a rubbing of the characters on the tang? It works best if you make your rubbing at a diagonal to the tang. Do not clean the tang, just make a gentle rubbing. Scan and post this. Maybe we can help. It is hard to read the characters from your post. This may give a clear image of the characters.