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GOOD LUCK ON YUR VENTURE. SOME TIMES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN THE REALITY OF WAR TIME BLADES TO THE UNEDUCATED. BACK IN THE MID 80'S, WHEN HAND MADE WAR TIME BLADES WERE $100 AND DIFFICULT TO SELL, I LOOKED AT A DATED GENDAITO OF SHOWA 14. I EXPLAINED TO THE OWNER THAT IT WAS A WAR TIME BLADE WITH A CONTEMPORARY DATE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD SHOWED IT TO A"PROFESSOR OF ASIAN HISTORY" AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WHO PROCLAIMED THE BLADE TO BE 9TH CENTURY. YES, THERE WAS A SHOWA ERA IN THE 9TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER IN THE 14TH CENTURY. HOWEVER, TOTALLY DIFFERENT KANJI.
I COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO DISCUSS THINGS FURTHER AS THE MAN THOUGHT HE HAD AN ANCIENT ANTIQUE THAT EVEN HAD A WHITE TANG WITHOUT ANY RUST.