Veteran purchased old japanese sword

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I pulled this bad boy out of the wood work about 2 weeks ago directly from the vets son. He told me it was sitting in a trash can along with a bunch of lawn equipment. I did a little digging on the name, and from what i was told it was made around the 1600. The blade has a almost damascus like pattern in the blade. There is also a family crest on the upper pommel im wondering if it's possible to id the crest? Any more info on this sword would be helpful enjoy.

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family crest

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blade is 28 inches long

[Stu W]

Hi Spencer,

Have a look here...

http://www.asgy.co.jp/anglais/index.html

There are many many family Kamon (Mon) but you might get lucky with it being one of the larger group ones.

Also, can you take photos of the kanji so that they are positioned vertically with the top kanji being the one closest to the tip of the sword. Difficult to decipher when viewed sidways.LOL.

Regards,
Stu

[Budo45]

looks intersting, dont care for the ol found it in the trash ...BS...but like stu said some up and down pix please, and remove it from the fittings fuchi is hiding part of the mei.

[Spencer Victory]

Hey Guys

Thanks for the response on the sword. Here are some new photos of the tang. The writing is very faint on the tang, and this is the best i could do. Thanks for doing the translation.

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