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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 11811772, member: 20148&quot;]IF I am correct in my thinking that it is WWII era, then Chikuzen is a rather unusual province for the period. Seki, which is in Noshu province, was pretty much the main sword making area at the time.&nbsp; The sword having &#039;tachi mei&#039; is also something that was sometimes done at this time, but is again, a little unusual. I have had a few wartime swords with this type of signature. </p><p>There were two types of long swords,generally speaking, the tachi, and the katana. If the blade is held vertically with the cutting edge to the left, then if the signature shows it is a katana blade, if however, the blade is reversed and the signature shows then it is a tachi. But, at this time they did sometimes use tachi mei on katanas as is the case here. Confusing isn&#039;t it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />, and hence the reason that some people totally shy away from Japanese swords!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will show this to a couple of friends and get their opinion for you and get back to you ASAP.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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