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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
    I have the attached Kai gunto and the ito on it is completely original so such pieces do exist . However such light binding is highly unusual and with the other red flags it should add up to a warning to avoid the sword . The kabuto gane on the originals generally are made of one metal to which the copper flower parts are soldered ( ? ) on . You can see this on the photo of my piece . The one you are being offered seems to be just the one metal which is I think a bit odd . I wait for others to howl me down on this and show me their pieces where just the one metal is used for the kabuto gane
  2. Ian B3HR2UH
    I would be very suspicious of this piece . As Brian says the habaki is way off and a few other bits raise red flags for me . These coupled with the fact that the other piece the seller has is a Chinese fake leads me to say don't go near it unless you see photos of the nakago
  3. Ian B3HR2UH
    With pictures being submitted by attorneys it looks like you are wanting to sell this and are picking our brains for information ?
  4. Ian B3HR2UH
    This Soten , which is owned by Mishina Kenji , is pictured in the Kokusai Tosogu Kai 8th Exhibition and is described as one Soten's best . I thought it was fantstic and decided to post a copy . Makes you wonder where the others fit into the scheme of things when you see something like this one
  5. Ian B3HR2UH
    The mei / signature is so recently cut that the blade is probably gendai / showa period but certainly no earlier than shin shinto
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    Ian B3HR2UH replied to Yves55's topic in Tosogu

    An octopus on one of my tanto
  7. Ian B3HR2UH
    Absolutely NO chance that this is genuine. My strong guess is that it is a showa era fake .
  8. Ian B3HR2UH
    Hi Vincent , to be very blunt , the piece is a junker which you will probably soon tire of . It has had the stamp removed and been mounted up in crummy old mounts to deceive people into thinking that it is a genuine old Edo period sword .There are much better pieces available out there some of which will not break the bank .
  9. Ian B3HR2UH
    Hi Vincent , it might be a good idea to seek opinions before you buy stuff like this rather than afterwards .
  10. Ian B3HR2UH
    And the bottom fitting is odd
  11. Ian B3HR2UH
    If you are looking to pay that sort of money do yourself a favor and have a serious look at the Kunikiyo katana that is for sale on this site where the price has just been dropped to $4250
  12. Ian B3HR2UH
    Thanks Gents , much appreciated
  13. Ian B3HR2UH
    I was sent the attached pretty rough photo for translation but I am struggling with it. I read the last three characters as Kanesada saku but have done no good with the earlier ones . It seems to be a Showa piece . Does anyone recognise the smith Thanks
  14. Ian B3HR2UH
    Well done Bruce . When you see them all together there can be no doubt about what they are ie clearly NOT made during the war
  15. Ian B3HR2UH
    David , what basis do you have for that statement ? Ian
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