Hi Hal , thanks for the extra photos . Are you thinking of doing anything with the blade to try and stem the deteriation ?
REGARDS AL
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Hi Hal, I'm not sure what you paid . But this blade might be worth a new polish if it has not been in a fire or damaged The saya is post Edo .Tsuba looks Goto late Edo unfortunately in bad condition. But with a cloth and Clove oil this may come up OK and the rust maybe lifted .The Seppa has left corrosion marks which means it hasn't been separated for a while that's a good sign of age .Fittings are all around the end of the Edo period and matching to.Very nice restore project as long as the blade meets Japanese criteria for evaluation.Mei , I will not go into this here ,as I am not confident to comment without seeing it in my hand. Tang looks OK from your picture.
Cheer's Mark.
Hello Hal, I sent your pics onto a friend last night.His view is that its a Revival period blade of the Muromachi style possibly like a shortened Tachi. But ,if you look close at the "Hi" you can see open grain of an earlier sword period . I think its old and worth a further look .The rust in his opinion is form laying somewhere very damp or wet and not fire damaged. The tsuba has gone the same way also.The fittings he is saying are maybe later than EDO if they are brass composite.
Cheer's Mark
The fittings are definitely Edo Period.
BOB
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Thanks Bob, are the fittings showing up as copper or brass on your computer screen.I only have a small older lap top.
Cheer's , Mark
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