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surprisingly the blade is in excellent condition, but the tang is very pitted,don't know weather it's from age or when it was made, it's what made me want to get it checked,as thought it might be old.View attachment 86527Flipped it. Man , that thing looks like it was in the ocean for 10 years.
The sword was surrendered to my father by a Japanese officer, he served in Burma,Malaya, and Singapore, it was left in a corner of his shed, the fittings all fell away,so he put new ones on,originall it had Japanese army fittings,really sharp, and apart from the tang in good shape,although my father polished it, and not sure if that was a good thing.It's upside down, and I think it is too far gone to be read, except for the second-to-the last kanji which is 宗 (sō or mune).
If my guess is right, the lacquered mei is trying to be 囗囗正宗作 (something Masamune-saku). In other words, "by Masamune", in which case the writing is 99.99% certain to be a forgery.