Stefan

I do think an nice video about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gZwdAgV9w

Hm, during oer 30 years in the fields of nihonto i learned :First jugde the blade, than the signature. If the blade says no, than it means nope. On the other hand, I ve seen many stranghe signatures which have been papered by the NBTHK. Far as i can see, this blade is Sue-Koto Mino. Sengo, no. i handled three and i owned once a Muramasa. but this one, nope, never ever. But ! nevertheless, the blade is nod bad, even beeing Gimei.

You re German , therefore : Lieben Dank auch aus meiner Ecke. ich sage meistens nichts dazu, lese es aber sehr interessiert. Viel. kommst ja mal nach Berlin ins Museum, Schwerter gucken. Stefan

Well, now I do have an laugh applicable. My tea is spread over the desk. The best joke this year.

Well, for me, and i do think for most of us, there is a feeling of beeing honered by a master , who shows us how the beauty of kodogu is born. By the way, You are not the only tosogaholic. To introduce myself : Hi, I am Stefan, a kinko-fetishist

In my humble point of view the hada points toward Ko-Uda.

The school of fencing did have an strong influence of the shape and weight of the blades. By example. Satsuma blades, thick, heavy, strong blades. The reason for this ? The jigen ryu kenjutsu requires extreme strong blades. In the old days, while Samurai did their training with sharp swords, they used also trees for their training. Today there are still cuts visible on them. The Jigen ryu was most popular during the Edo Period, and just in that time, the Satsuma toko developed their style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVSONNESfyE

It would be nice if we can find out how to purchase one book- Stefan

Your are joking. Before intact patina, after a ruined surface. I would prefer a litle dirt in the corners. Stefan

The curator of the Museum in Armour. Nice viewing. A nice Person wearing an nice armour. Stefan

The signature looks good, the workmanship of the the whole tsuba does not. The birds are clumsy, wrong chiselmarks. I would buy this only as gimei Stefan

Far as I can see, Takaka-no ha Yasurime. That does point to Mino. The Hamon looks like Kanesada School etc. Stefan

Thanks for sharing this. Stefan

Nr 5, simply for the quiet atmosphere

Form the unfortune of the present owner, this happend really. I do have several scars from the friendly blade. Before this, I called all the legends, as we say in german "Mumpitz" , or in english nonsens. Nowadays. being gray int he beard, i do know that there is a glimpse of truth in those legends. I cant understand why´, but to deny those experience, it does not make sence also.

Sengo Muramasa. Over two decades ago i bought a blade by this smith. It has been pretty cheap. At the moment of buying I did not know the reason for the low price. I learned the reason very fast....Each time I handeld the blade it cut me deeply. At this time I did have over decade experience with sharp nihonto. Therefore it has been very unusual for me to be cut by an blade. A year later, I sold the blade , pretty cheap. Afterwards I called the old owner if did have made the same experience with this nice sword. The answer ? Of course , it was yes. Therefore he sold it so cheap. Years later , I ve been told that the man to whom I sold it, also sold the blade pretty cheap after a year....

The best way in my opinion is the classic electric light bulb in an darkened room.

Ich schreibe das mal auf Deutsch. einfach Spiritus, Küchentücher und viel Geduld Gruß Stefan

Muji ? I can see super fine ko-hada. Hitatsura ? Do not think so. Looks more like an shirake utsuri. I have seen this on an Amahide blade many years ago. I was surprised to find an utsuri on an Gendaito. But, why not. I have also seen an classic Sudare-Ba on an Horigawa Chikamitsu. Stefan

Im Zweifel, einfach eine neue Shriasaya machen lassen und die alte als Dokument bewahren. Aber niemals, unter keinem Umstand an der Kalligraphie herumfummeln. Auch nicht von einem Profi.Warum ? Es gibt z.:B zu viele gefälschte Sayagaki. Also lieber alt und echt , als den den Nimbus der Fälschung durch Auffrischung. Gruß Stefan

It is Kanabo Masazane , Sue Muromachi Jidai.

Very goog blade and very good polish

I can see it . Greetings from Germany Stefan

Ray was faster than me. It is hitachi no kami muneshige. Stefan

Tsuba removing tool. That is new for me. Ist dies not make sense. Tsuka removing tool, O.K, but Tsuba ? Here is a Tsuka removing tool. http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/tools.html Stefan