Need opinion on a WW2 Katana

[Bruce Pennington]

I only have 1 Sadamasa on file, but it does have the same mei as his. It's possible there were more than one smith by the same name. That was fairly common during the war.

Could I get a full length photo of the nakago? Is there a small stamp near the top?

This one was being sold by Smallsword on ebay when I saved the photos:

[ghp95134]

I only have 1 Sadamasa on file, but it does have the same mei as his. It's possible there were more than one smith by the same name. That was fairly common during the war.

Could I get a full length photo of the nakago? Is there a small stamp near the top?

This one was being sold by Smallsword on ebay when I saved the photos:

Thanks Bruce, that is very helpful.

-- Guy

[Kiipu]

Just a thought, but maybe some of the Seki swordsmiths delegated the mass produced blades to someone else for signing while the more labor intensive swords were signed by the master himself.

[Alan M]

From what i can see , the casting of the tsuba looks to be well below standard and what could be chiselling marks where burrs may have been removed from around the sword aperture .

[ghp95134]

Uh-oh .... looks like we're being hacked!!!

[Bruce Pennington]

That's been going around the forums lately. The way they are getting in makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to prevent.

[SilluAgain]

I need help, I don't know what happened. It won't let me change the password. I have no idea how I could have been hacked. It can't respond to Alan M privately.

[SilluAgain]

It seems like I've resolved the hacking issue. I've already received the katana. I'll send more photos if you want, but I don't dare to disassemble it.