Hellow im trevor wise i have recently come into possession of a family sword to which i have no idea about
Here is the history of the sword that i know
My grandfather discovered it while in japan, the sword looked old and tattered and was rusty beyond recognition, he was 20 ish at this time, the sword has been in my family ever since, my grandfather thought it to be one of the mas produced blades of WWII, as it "looked crappy with all the rust" im quoting him here
the sword was passed to my father, who is over 50 now, the rayskin or shark(my father believes it to have been shark) and silk on the grip has rotted away with the decades and disuse, i have always loved swords so when it was finally mine i was ecstatic, i have taken a variety of chemistry class's and as well as a metal forging class, i asked my teachers the best way to revive the sword in question of the rust (blade was rusted and so was the tsuba all brown ) they gave me detailed instructions as how to unearth the still healthy material and i have done this for a while now, at first it looked like nothing but then i was amazed the blade still has a edge, the tsuba was amazing brass, silver and copper worked into a plant design around the whole tsuba, the pommel end is a brass and copper mix . the copper piece that fits between the tsuba and sword is a hand made one (this is what a teacher stated) i finally got the handle off to expose the inscription and it also has a symbol or seal in it as well, i have asked some people who are Japanese historians to decipher this inscription and seal but to no luck... all they could tell me was that the sword was built around the time of when the country of japan was broken into many warring nations .. as there where many episodes of that its hard to tell its age
below are images of the sword i have taken, if anyone can help its greatly appreciated, i have katanas in my collection besides this one that are replicas, fantasy, and originals, also Scottish claymores, and fantasy styled European swords are in my collection as well , so i now how to maintain blades and keep them healthy
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