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Thanks very much for your help! :D

Will be on it's way to Toronto in another week or two...can't wait to take if for a SOTD....

Hey Mike - not mine....just want to find some info on the markings....I am interested though.:o

How about some info on the Kanji on this tang, know it's an Iwasaki, but that's about it:

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Those were a real score - gorgeous! I hope you have a supreme grin on your face for that catch...they are both absolutely stunning blades!:rock:

Yes - I had four pieces of this antique tamahagane steel, and Bruno agreed to help make a project out of them.

You can read the construction of them here, been a fascinating and fun exercise:
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Had to get you on that one:D...turn's out the maker was famous for his short swords, a famous Samurai, after being attacked one night by an assassin, killed him with a single blow of his short sword...

See, never hurts to ask....:D

Thank-you very much for the information, I appreciate it, and it's great you posted the clip here, fascinating really. 400 years old, makes my Wade and Butcher's look like kids....:D

Of the 1600's, so the that piece of tamahagane steel is over 400 years old! Amazing, truly amazing.

Thank-you!

Yes, so this is the guy then, Hata Mitsuyo, and, "he originally came from Mino...

Saw that one, maybe he could help on the other pieces, even an age range of the Kanji would be helpful... have to ask....:shrug:

Arsenico - any help you could give to translating the Kanji on these four pieces of ancient Tamahagane steel in the thread below, been trying to get a translation for awhile - much thanks if you can....