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help with Sword identification

Submitted by ichad on Mon, 2016-05-02 01:23

hello everyone .. im new member here ..
i have just bought a sword .
can someone please help me identify the sword is real or fake?the smith? the age ? the meaning of mei signature ? etc ..

thanks for any help :)

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#1Submitted by saipan59 on Mon, 2016-05-02 04:19.

Sukehiro

Signature is "TSUDA ECHIZEN (no) KAMI SUKEHIRO".
See SUK130.
It looks like a real Nihonto, but in poor polish. But be aware that it could be "gimei" (false signature), since it is a relatively important smith. But it may still be a high-quality blade anyway.

Pete
#2Submitted by ichad on Mon, 2016-05-02 06:08.

thanks

thank you so much pete for all information .. i have the other one . i hope you can visit me in the next page .. i'll post it soon ..
#3Submitted by ichad on Mon, 2016-05-02 06:08.

thanks

thank you so much pete for all information .. i have the other one . i hope you can visit me in the next page .. i'll post it soon ..
#4Submitted by saipan59 on Mon, 2016-05-02 16:40.

fire damage?

BTW, it occurs to me that the dark color may mean that it was in a fire.
It's hard to tell from pictures...
Fire damage is very serious - almost all the value would be gone.

Pete
#5Submitted by ichad on Mon, 2016-05-02 16:52.

thats what im confusing .. .

thats what im confusing ..
. anyway. i posted 2 more blade in the next page pete.. . have you checked them?