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  • Birthday 08/02/1955

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    I have been collecting nihonto since I was about 15 years old . In the days before the internet I was able to purchase a lot of swords from soldiers who bought them home from the war. Of course most of these were of pretty low quality but the occasional gem did pop out .I like quality blades in quality mounts but these are pretty hard to come by.
    I have probably handled several thousand swords over the years and have owned a couple of hundred . I currently have about fifty in my collection.
    My collecting highlight has been purchasing and identifying the Norishige katana which is one of the missing Japanese National treasures and then having my article on the sword translated into Japanese by the NBTHK and published in their journal

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  1. Ian B3HR2UH
    The mei ( signature ) is so freshly cut that it is obvious that this is a showa era blade , you are deluding yourself if you think otherwise
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    Your hamon is grey because the sword is not in original polish having been cleaned up by someone . The opinion you are quoting shows just how little it's author knows
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    The seller is right it is probably made in the 1940's . The second opinion giver knows nothing .
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    73 Yasuyo This sword is by Shumenokami Ichi no hira Yasuyo not Yasuyori . It was owned by the Miyasaka Shrine in Kagoshima Prefecture who handed it over to the Ibusuki police in December 1945. The blade is dated 1723 and is 33 .5 inches long . There are photographs of the sword and the lengthy inscription on the nakago in the documents from the American Archives that Stephen Thorpe shared with us . Attached to this is a copy of one of those pictures showing the Shirasaya, box and lacquered box that accompanied the sword . Further photos are on page 82 of Satsuma no katana no Tsuba by Fukunaga
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    Look at where the top ashi is in relation to the koiguchi . This is all wrong - avoid it .
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    70 Peony wakizashi 71 Nagamitsu Thanks for posting this Brett . The attached photo shows 70 and 71 which were taken from the Aso Shrine in 1945 and remain missing
  7. Ian B3HR2UH
    I have seen a couple with brown lacquered same scabbards but never one with green binding .This combination would be extremely unusual I would be very very suspicious of this and if it is coming out of Japan I would assume it has been rewrapped
  8. Ian B3HR2UH
    Christies sold one in 1994 with a copper blade signed Kano Natsuo , Funada Ikkin , Tsuchiya Yasuchika and Yokoya Tenmin !
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    Army Surgeon Lieutenant Kamisaka Yoshinosuke
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    I thought this one was interesting , a naval officer with a Shinto gunto
  15. Ian B3HR2UH
    This one is signed Yanagawa Naomasa but the mei doesn't match those in Kinko Meikan or Wakayama. Bonham's did sell a very similar pair in 2023 which had Tokubetsu Kicho papers and a Sato Kanzan attribution to Naomasa
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