Japanese sword
This sword was brought back by my grandfather and I have had a little information on it but I would like to know more and how much it is worth.
Brought back from WW2
Inherited
Maybe
Dear Jennifer,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. So that I may best assist you, can you please provide dimensions of the weapon in your text ?
Thanks
I have found out the writing says to meet the request of Sasaki Shigesuke' (需應佐々木重輔
an old blade/tsuka re-fitted as a navy dirk? I've seen old blades re-fitted before as dirks but never with the original tsuka/tsuba. "
So you do have an older blade that has been remounted for use as a Naval dirk The scabbard is naval but the guard and handle are probably original to the blade. This is the information I got from The American Japanese Society.
Do you need more information?
It is 15" inches