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This is my antique Katana that was given to me by my husband, one of 6 he received from the private collection of the grandfather of the Japanese family he lived with when he was in Japan. Most of the blades have gone to good homes (his blood brothers, and his best friends) But he gave one to me, and he has his own personal blade, which I will upload photos of in a moment.
NOTE: I forgot to mention, that unlike most katana's, this one is even more rare as it was designed to be used by a left handed person. How can you tell you ask? The fastenings on it were designed to be tied not to the left hip like most, but to the right hip for a left handed draw. As an interesting note... it turns out that I am a left armed swordsmen. Me and my blade were designed for each other.
NOTE: I forgot to mention, that unlike most katana's, this one is even more rare as it was designed to be used by a left handed person. How can you tell you ask? The fastenings on it were designed to be tied not to the left hip like most, but to the right hip for a left handed draw. As an interesting note... it turns out that I am a left armed swordsmen. Me and my blade were designed for each other.
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File Size 126.8 kB
That there is a piece of blade smithing and art, it was very lucky to have not been melted down for the steel int during WWII when Japan was running very low on raw steel. The soul of the master smith and the family that it was bestowed upon before you must have look upon it with favor and let it survive that period. Get it insured is all I can say. ^^
The man who gave it to my husband was a very special man to him. It is from him that Keichimaru revived his name. Keichimaru means "Honored First Son', which was a great honor to Keichi because the old man had ever only had one daughter, and he looked up to his sensei greatly.It was very sad when he passed away last year of a heart attack. Keichi was at work when it happened, he came home in a panic because he knew something had happened to him. He called the family that night to find out he had passed very quickly that day.
To get the name of the bladesmith we would have to dismantle the hilt to show the nakago, where the smiths would inscribe their names. And then would have to get a translator to tell us the name. We hadn't wanted to pull them apart to get to those little tidbits. However the appraiser who looked it over says they look like they could be from about the 1600's possibly a bit earlier.
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