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Anyone know Japanese? Sword tang translation help please.

Emanuel said:
akadave2,
I'll do that. I'll shoot them an email. Problem is, living in NZ it's tough to really accurately identify a sword by photos, and I don't want to send it away (scared of customs).

nate3993,
I paid about 600 usd 12 years ago. I was 18 and just arrived in New Zealand and wanted to give myself a BIG gift with money I saved for years. Beyond that though I don't know it's worth. I don't think the person who sold it knew much about it either.
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Do a Smoke Oshigata. Use a white parafin candle to smoke up the nakago. Then lift the smoke off with clear packing tape. Put the tape on a piece of white paper and you will have a very detailed image of the signature. Then scan it to a pdf or jpg and send it to JSS/US.
 
Good idea, I'll do that.
 
You might want to save yourself the time and postage as there isn't anyone in the JSS/US that can tell you more than what has been said here....
 
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