Jamie

Sent you an email

Does it have papers?

I’ll take it, I guess

Ray please contact me if this is still available.

I am still reeling from this news. he showed a few a large few of the very best swords I had ever seen. Still one, may be better than anything I have since seen. He sparked my love of Soshu swords. He answered tirelessly and always- all our questions. He and have emailed thousands of times. He was a mentor to me. And more even, a friend. I will miss him. im so sorry to his family. Thank you all for sharing your stories.

Almost ichimai

Hi i am sorry for the delay in response. can you please pm me? I have removed messages from my inbox. Please pm me your PayPal and I will pay immediately. Again I apologize for my delay in response. Brian also thanks for your help. best regards jamie

I’ll take it

Please study

Does he keep any sort of oil on them? some of these might be interesting if restored. This one could be old.

We all want to submit one and have it pass. but it is hard. I have one , same era similar school utterly flawless and in fantastic condition. I’m told by three people I trust it probably won’t pass. I’m sending it to see. We’ll see. it’s Tokubetsu Hozon now - this year. Given directly to a very good smith. (Rare for this particular school) even if it fails, it’s still especially worthy of preservation mans a fantastic sword. also it’s 27.5 inches. osuriage but still long

well it does state not to use it on hadori. I’d bet the majority of swords are polished in hadori. I think the current thinking of microfiber and that’s it is still most relevant.

To me it looks like someone “cleaned” it. The yokote line is not so prominent and it looks fairly scratched vertically. I too would guess it’s older but definitely needs some restoration work to tell period. a picture of just the whole bare blade laid out would help probably tell period. Welcome to the forum, btw.

That’s a good price on a tokubetsu hozon from that era. For sure.