Two Japanese Swords

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Heres the whole tang. Working on taking close ups of each character

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there are 7 characters I believe. Ill work on zooming in on each

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working from the bottom up

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second character

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character 3

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4th

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5th

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6

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last one. Thanks for all your help

[GHP]

Nobutaka

信高

I'll begin working on the entire "mei".


That was easier than I thought:

伯耆守藤原信高
Houki-no-kami Fujiwara Nobutaka

Don't know what generation ... I'm finding niced polished examples doing a google image search.

--Guy

[coloradocowboy]

Thank you Sir.

Nobutaka

信高

I'll begin working on the entire "mei".

--Guy

[GHP]

The signature on this Nobutaka Edo-period wakizashi looks the same as yours. I cannot copy the close-up image. Here's a small image to whet your appetite:



Remember, condition is EVERYTHING. I think if yours was polished, it would still lose lots of value because the need to reduce the cutting edge where the chips are. But, I'm no expert!

--Guy

[coloradocowboy]

thanks for looking that up for me What do you guys think I should do with it?Restore or not? Would it be economically feasible to do it?[ it would look beautiful and I have to say I like the chips in the blade as its part of its history, but I know nothing about sword collecting. About how old is this then? QUOTE=GHP;6125141]The signature on this Nobutaka Edo-period wakizashi looks the same as yours. I cannot copy the close-up image. Here's a small image to whet your appetite:



Remember, condition is EVERYTHING. I think if yours was polished, it would still lose lots of value because the need to reduce the cutting edge where the chips are. But, I'm no expert!

--Guy
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[GHP]

...Restore or not? Would it be economically feasible to do it?

It would probably cost upwards of $3,000 plus shipping and insurance.

You'll have to wait for our resident sword experts to chime in on age. I don't know. The Edo period was from 1603-1868. According to the site I referenced above, that was forged by the third-generation Nobutaka and the estimated forging date was 1673.


And according to (Google Books):
Nobutaka 1: 1596~1615
Nobutaka 2: 1622~1644
Nobutaka 3: 1661-1673
Nobutaka 4: 1711~1716 Subsequent generations Nobutaka active until end of Edo Period.

--Guy

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I am so appreciative you were able to give me all this info. I hope I can return the favor someday. Ill wait and see what some of the heavies have to say. thanks.

It would probably cost upwards of $3,000 plus shipping and insurance.

You'll have to wait for our resident sword experts to chime in on age. I don't know. The Edo period was from 1603-1868. According to the site I referenced above, that was forged by the third-generation Nobutaka and the estimated forging date was 1673.


And according to (Google Books):
Nobutaka 1: 1596~1615
Nobutaka 2: 1622~1644
Nobutaka 3: 1661-1673
Nobutaka 4: 1711~1716 Subsequent generations Nobutaka active until end of Edo Period.

--Guy