Signature) 奥州白川臣手柄山正繁　- Ousyu Shirakawa shin Tegarayama Masashige 寛政六寅二月日早川高晴應求作之 - Kansei 6 Tora 2 Gatsunichi Hayakawa Takaharu Motome Tsukuru Kore. Size) TOTAL Length : 97cm Blade length : 70.5cm Curve : 1.5cm Motohaba : 3.3cm Weight : 1.24kg (without stand) Condition) There are few cracks. Habaki is wood. 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 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, United Kingdom. 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.