r/Katanas

It’s a 53” odachi from RyanSword. I am overall very happy with the elements I was able to choose and I am considering purchasing another from them in the future.

Nodachi+katana+wakizashi+tanto

Steel: 1095 high carbon steel mirror polishing

Overall length: 130cm+102cm+74cm+52cm

Blade: 87cm+72cm+51cm+31cm

Handle: 35cm+ 26cm+20cm+16cm

Motohaba: 3.2cm

Sakihaba: 0.7cm

Tsuba: Iron

Saya: Hardwood glossy paint

I just got this from Rva Katana. I’ve been buying a lot from them lately, but nothing like this.

three matching flatblades:

the cores are made bamboo stakes heated, bent, glued, and bound to make their cores. its a lengthy process, but the result it worth it to me!

the "damascus steel" fabric is a silver and glitter fabric i found online. i also used a gold acrylic marker to draw on lines. and my makers mark.

if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

additionally, i posted a linktree in my profile if anyone wants to see my posts on fb or insta first!

finished the stand with some new padding on the rungs.. all the blades are straight and sharp.. a ceramic honing rod on a lansky brought it to pretty much razor sharp..

overall, very happy.. and the wakizashi and tanto offer very nice weight/agility.. I am very happy I purchased this set.

Yao was very responsive throughout the process.

Links:

Stand

https://www.amazon.com/BiJun-Samurai-Display-Mounted-Wakizashi/dp/B09XQBCC7N/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_4?crid=3N8ODFTGGYIW2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YsnYb5cHF1LxXfcRT9DUzfRPQl9cr9oO6zgxvdULKbqi2YxqINkyusCSGYkhtcSyK2EUXP7ZyeuQXSevblMuSZ3mJcS6FBF6TOPkpQSkldPgLUAJSY7b1LliG-teet4fkKHAzAyw1JkvCpf4Gs4ujAxkxuVv2\_QDAVeXrd0rCgyKTRIyyY-1nKSEvNY\_GYns\_sraLZhxtoB\_PNNtA6N0Lg.UpRz2ZG4ZqSxSyb9NCOBzB38ToBMMh31HqokoWtWwEY&dib\_tag=se&keywords=katana+stand+wood&qid=1779309417&sprefix=katana+stand+woo%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-4

Padding

https://www.amazon.com/MAGZO-Adhesive-Padding-Neoprene-Vibration/dp/B06ZZDMHGX/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_7?crid=KRHBYFAIGWM2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.46oJlPRTg3AYNx30uNjlVfE7tnmWoUTVO4US6Nh38xG1vt\_Zp3q6tVuUOJBPQNZ4CeFQA9tDM2HLe1Q6X7rEayYsq-hSC89NM64gIEXCa5wzXjzHJko1eU7CLF8G2DLOnSUSkddKx7LSMTircNGRW0KUrFqcu0Dtq3vhRC2jz5biYi40I9AkX69pfELL-u-1BUzFhEiN4kxgXyF04sUAZw.6fKaGoTXhmzomxfSVSL4xkIZ3s4vCjDy7ApdpB4E2A4&dib\_tag=se&keywords=padding+1%2F16&qid=1779309686&sprefix=padding+1%2F16%2Chome-garden%2C146&sr=8-7

This photo of tsubas was sent to me by a colleague who found them tsubas in their shed, stored in a Jade box. Apparently the house used to be owned by an Australian General in the army previously. Any comments or details you can add based on this photo?

I was cleaning up and came across an old picture from when I was an apprentice.
The sword was made by Kawachi Kunihira for the Ise grand shrine.
I’m 183cm tall or a bit over 6’, so that should give you an idea of the size.

Hello,

I really, really want to share this. I stumbled upon this Citadel Katana at a random auction in a small city here in France, amidst stuff like plates, furnitures and other random stuff. It's used but in an exceptional state and was clearly well taken care of. I got it for $800, a bargain for what this is. If I stumbled on it on the second hand market for $2500 I would have still bought it in a heartbeat.

Through digging into Citadel wayback machine links I managed to find its spec sheet :

>This sword is UNIQUE.
Beautiful shinto style slightly arched throat blade. Yamato construction.
Hand forged XC75 steel. Selective tempering with clay giving as usual a real and beautiful HamonNagasa: 30.32″
Kassane: 0.22″
Moto Haba: 1.25″
Hamon: Gunome
Mune with soft slopes
Sori: 0.73″
Point: Chu Kissaki, Yamato shape swollen into a viper head
Nakago: limé en Takano Ha
Habaki: double, hugging the throat. One in hardened copper and adjusted on the blade, the other in brass engraved with a shower of stars. Seppas: guilloche brass
Tsuba: beautiful reproduction by hand carving and engraving of an old tsuba. Bronze with salts.
Saya: matt black lacquered jackfruit wood and ostrich paw leather insert. Kurigata in water buffalo horn. Shito Dome in guilloche brass.
Tsuka: braid of black silk on white coarse-grained same. Katatemaki. Kashira in quilted iron kabutokane as well as fuchi. Length 11.02″, width 1.38″
Balance point forward of Tsuba: 5.83″
Weight 34.57 Oz
Length total: 43.31″
Entirely handmade by CITADEL
Blade carries lifetime guarantee subjected to normal use

It's the perfect length for my height and arm length, but still very lightweight.

Citadel fittings are handcarved and not cast. That handashi style kabuto kashira is a great touch, the same is clearly of great quality, the tsukamaki is rock solid. The menukis are beautiful and comfortable.

That tsuba is a work of art, it's a reproduction of an existing Japanese tsuba and it shows it looks authentic. the rim is polished to a mirror finish, really stands out.

Then that habaki. What can I even say. I'm oddly sensitive about habaki work, because to me it's a great indicator of the overall quality of a katana. Even the most simple brass habaki if properly shaped to the blade it's hugging can look very beautiful, and the opposite is true. But here I get both a very complex construction AND an incredible look. Genuinely might be my favourite part of the entire katana if not for...

....The blade is just a dream. This is a 77cm long nagasa. It has no right being this nimble while still having authority in the cut like it does. The polish is amazing, it shows pretty much 4 shades: the hamon, the rest of the ji, the shinogi-ji and the bohi. All catch light in a different way.

The saya is also of exquisite quality. I didn't think I'd like the ostrich leather (the red looked very bright in the auction photos) but in person it's way less loud, and it gives a lot of personality to an already very special katana. It obviously has horn parts everywhere, and even the shitodome are clearly handmade.

You probably can tell, but I'm amazed but what I found, and for this cheap? I feel truly blessed.

Any guesses on the identity?

This is a message to all sword fanatics, ideally those from the UK. My dad sells swords in his shop and I’ve decided to help him out by making him a website and creating another revenue of income for him. Please check out our website and provide any feedback you have. We haven’t added all our stock yet and there maybe a couple tweaks needed here and there. But getting your thoughts would be very much appreciated. Also, would love to hear what are the latest swords you guys have in your collection !

https://thenorthernforge.co.uk

Heres a picture

Can someone help me with identification?

Is it real or fake?

$22 3-tier Amazon stand

removed the felt pads first.

combination of linseed oil to help with sealing

regular minwax stain (yes I should have done the regular stain before the linseed.. included picture of it after just linseed)

and then gel stain to even it out / darken the light areas caused by doing it in the wrong order even after doing pre-stain, ha..

and Krylon clear coat over that.

3 sword set just cleared customs, so should be here in about 3 days.. pretty excited to see it all together with the red sayas on it.

Updated photos after reading the guide

My father gave me these

Estimates them to be 1800s

Need Id to sell

I recently picked up this Type 95 and was wondering about its authenticity. My main hobby is milsurp gun collecting so I’m not very informed on swords and the like. I didn’t see any of the hallmarks of the more obvious fakes. From my limited research, it looks to be a late second pattern based on the tsuba and blade serial. The saya is non-matching. The Fuchi stamps seem to be Suya Shoten, Tokyo inspection, Kokura Arsenal.