Dao Saber? Request for help with identification/information
Jul 31, 2014 22:13:13 GMT
Post by hamuchugohamham on Jul 31, 2014 22:13:13 GMT
Hello there. I am posting here to see if anyone could give me some help with the identification of this sword.
I am working for a museum and this is part of their collection that has been behind the scenes in a storeroom for a long long time. It is in very poor condition and is very rusted. The only information they have on it is that it 'comes from Japan' and is a a 'samurai sword'. I am pretty sure this is not the case as to me it looks nothing like a typical Japanese sword.
Here are some pictures, sorry they are not great, I didn't have much time to look over it earlier. I can get better ones if need be.
The sword has a curved blade. I cannot remove the hilt to reveal the tang as it is peened on. The hilt is wooden and corded, with a single rivet towards the back end with another cord running through it. It also has a kanji inscription on one side of the blade (not on the tang). Although my Japanese isnt too bad I cannot make out all the kanji however. I can only see something like 東中六百三十一口土, which is mainly numbers.
i59.tinypic.com/2im5q94.jpg
i57.tinypic.com/2jfccwx.jpg
i59.tinypic.com/2dqvqpx.jpg
i62.tinypic.com/308drh2.jpg
Thank you for looking! Any help is much appreciated.
I am working for a museum and this is part of their collection that has been behind the scenes in a storeroom for a long long time. It is in very poor condition and is very rusted. The only information they have on it is that it 'comes from Japan' and is a a 'samurai sword'. I am pretty sure this is not the case as to me it looks nothing like a typical Japanese sword.
Here are some pictures, sorry they are not great, I didn't have much time to look over it earlier. I can get better ones if need be.
The sword has a curved blade. I cannot remove the hilt to reveal the tang as it is peened on. The hilt is wooden and corded, with a single rivet towards the back end with another cord running through it. It also has a kanji inscription on one side of the blade (not on the tang). Although my Japanese isnt too bad I cannot make out all the kanji however. I can only see something like 東中六百三十一口土, which is mainly numbers.
i59.tinypic.com/2im5q94.jpg
i57.tinypic.com/2jfccwx.jpg
i59.tinypic.com/2dqvqpx.jpg
i62.tinypic.com/308drh2.jpg
Thank you for looking! Any help is much appreciated.
