Japanese sword how old?

[Erichjr]

Here is a sword i picked up recently, it has marks on both sides of the tang.
Wish i could read japanese, can anyone help. Blade is 19 inchs... Erich

[Erichjr]

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[Erichjr]

other side of tang.

[Erichjr]

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[byf45]

It Sure Looks Interesteing And Old Great Find

[PMan]

Sword

Looks like national treasure potential.

[Fritziii]

Looks like a decent old blade, nice find! Is the temper line nice and clear? That means alot for the sword guys, is the cutting edge 19"? If so you have a washisaki(think I got it right) and not a Katana, but thats not bad. I can't read the tang for you unfortunatly but there are guys here that can and from that can give you a good idea of when it was made. What kind of mounts are on it and is the tsuba iron?

Fritz

[Erichjr]

The tsuba is copper and the other parts are blackend. A friend of mine
said that the blackend parts are silver..Erich

[ron davis]

Koto Sword

Hi Erick,

Finally found it. Give me a call sunday after 3pm.

JD