Signature) Maker : 予州松山住長国 -Yosyu Matsuyamajyu Nagakuni Kiritsuke mei : Saidan Mei 昭和六丑年九月五日長坂勝英次胴切落 Showa 6 Ushidoshi 9 Gatsu 5 Nichi Nagasaka Katsuhidetsugu Dou Kiriotoshi Size) TOTAL Length : 96.5cm Blade length : 70cm Curve : 0.6cm Motohaba : 2.9cm Weight : 1.28kg (without stand) Condition) There are few cracks, rusty. There are little scratches propers of the forging process that proofs its autenticity. Please see the close-up pictures for details. Shipping) EMS or Surface mail. But all country can not ship sword by Air. FRACE, United Kingdom can be ship sword by EMS(air) Another country ship sword by Surface mail. Surface mail takes 3 ~ 4 months. And I can not ship sword to Belgium and Austria. TAKES TIME FOR SHIP SWORD. Please understanding time for ship sword. We have to returned registration card for export, takes 1 months. And then, we send you blade by EMS or Surface mail. Hand forged samurai blades are registered in the Agency for Cultural Affairs as artwork and The Board of Education (Cultural properties protection Committee); therefore each sword has the registration card, issued by the Board of Education. But I can not send you Original ,must be keeped in Japan by law. Please understanding.