Old Japanese Samurai Wakashi signed blade for review

[NBolinger]

Picked this up a few days ago, i think its a fairly old blade , im not big into old samurai stuff but i do think its all cool as hell.The sword has a big wood tag which i was told has something to do with the sword being surrendered?Figured id post and see if i may of got lucky. Thanks for any help i can get

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[Budo45]

Harima Daijo Fujiwara Tadakuni\
Hizen smith most likly from 1700s, true daito or one handed katana called a uchigatana"

very nice find, wood tag would be a transporttion tag unless some can read it that states it is a surrender tag.

[NZMark]

Love it.
A little TLC will do wonders, but at this point, depending on what you'd like to spend on it, it's preservation not restoration.
Will display beautifully.
Regards,
Mark

[Stu W]

Nice piece. Please resist the urge (should you have one) to clean up the tang or polish anything. I've seen several swords ruined by well meaning folks who didn't realize that they were in fact devaluing the piece through their actions. Old rust on a tang, for example, is often evaluated during the process of determining the age of a blade.

Regards,
Stu

[Budo45]

id give the blade tsuba and tang a light coat of oil get rid of the powder that soneone has all over it

[NBolinger]

Thanks

Thanks to all the members who took the time to comment on the sword! Thank you thank you!!

[Luis22]

Very nice sword..lot of character!!

[Waffen-Mike]

Great sword! Leave it just as it is.

Mike