jeeplover

what I am finding is 1650. is this correct

not much about him. so what year do you estimate it was made? how old is this sword? thank you

thank you very much

could someone please direct me to where I could get a new shirasaya made ? the one currently on this sword is in bad shape.

the blade is 26 inches long so that would be a katana right? would I be able to find period hardware for this sword as it sits now it is a naked blade? it being a nihonto it is at least 150 years old right? thank you all very much for your comments it is very helpful and very educational.

this is only the second sword I own. figured for 80 could not go wrong unless it was total fake. I hate to ask because I know opinions vary but what do you estimate it is worth?

so is it hand made then? I found it at a pawn shop and paid 80 dollars for it . did I do good

did a quick search on here is this the same smith? viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9621&p=79675&hilit=Fujiwara+Yoshinaga+saku#p79675

about how old is the sword?

here we go this is the best picture of the mei I can get

here are more pictures

could I get a translation and some info on the sword smith please if better picture is needed will post.

here are pictures of the blade .if better ones are needed i will try and get them after work tomorrow. from an economic standpoint it would be ok to me. i got the sword cheep. it is something i treasure and wish to preserve and take care of. in a couple of the pictures you can see the hamon. http://s1133.photobucket.com/albums/m58 ... d%20blade/

this sword has been discussed on here before.i am wanting to get it polished and try and have a sensa look at it and get papers on it.my question is can i do that. more specifically is this a traditionally made sword. it has a nice hamom but i see no hada. here are the links to the other discussions on this sword.and links to pictures of sword.any help would be nice thank you. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11387 viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11387 http://s1133.photobucket.com/albums/m58 ... y%20sword/ If you have an active hamon but can't see a hada (not uncommon given wartime polish and a very tight hada), and there's no tang stamp, chances are reasonably high that you may have a gendaito,. However. you need a window polish to clear things up. It should however be recalled that some traditionally made swords are forged with such a tight hada that they are muji - there is no visible grain. That's not the same as saying that there is no grain.

tried to put them all in one photo. it will not work either it distorts one or it cuts them in half sorry.

click on them they get bigger.

what was his sons name anyone know? did his son just use his name? what i am trying to establish is are the 3 mei and 2 OSHIGATA done by the same hand? are there notifiable differences in them to be able to say they are done by different hands?

i added 2 new OSHIGATA pictures

I have 3 examples of this sword smith es mei . I want to know which one you all believe to be his and what one is the sons . thank you http://s1133.photobucket.com/albums/m582/jeeploverkeith/various%20Kanetoki%20mei

info found on smith KANEMICHI was a contemporary (gendai) smith and worked from Showa period onwards as an army smith (Rikugun Jumei Toshi). He was student of Kojima Katsumasa and Watanabe Kanenaga.His personal name was Kojima Tokijiiro. He was born in Meiji 35th year, 7th month (1902). His early mei was Kanetoki but he later changed it to Kanemichi and had many students.Kanemichi is listed as on of the most skilled Mino gendai smiths. There are four of them being rated as 2 million Yen in Toko Taikan with Kanemichi being one of them. Two million Yen is also the highest rating given to the two very best Yasukuni jinja smiths by Tokunou Kazuo. None of the Minatogawa jinja smiths received ratings as high as this. He is also listed in the Gendai Toko Meikan (as GTM-137), in Hawley’s (as KAN-1401, 1392) and in John Slough’s “An Oshigata Book of Modern Japanese Swordsmiths 1868-1945” pages 46-48 In the 1941 sword exhibition of contemporary swordsmiths Kanemichi achieved the Special Honor Noted Seat. Kanemichi made Medium to High Grade Showato and High to Superior Grade Gendaito

i have looked at all the past post on this smith and it still does not tell me much.

if this was made by his son how does it work? did the son take over the family business and continue to use the name ? or can someone tell me how it works. thank you all very much

the pic did not come out well sorry .i put the sword back together so next time it is apart i will get more pics. i did not expect it to be very old around ww2 i would guess myself.

i am sorry if i seem stupid but that is y i come on here. as i stated earlier this is my first sword and i have limited resources with which to research with.

so then it was done by a student then? it is a daisaku daimei blade . or am i wrong ?