And you still did not sign your post with your first name ...how do you want us to keep this Board friendly if you cannot call a member by his first name...
For the time being it is on hold. But you are right, Chris, I have not seen on the market a Yasumitsu ubu tachi for ages, all are more or less suriage. The hada is stunning, and the ko-kissaki is lovely., strong fumbari
My Dear Friends,
It is time for me to part with most part of my collection. All swords are sold 10% under their purchase price.
I shall keep only two swords: my Juyo Ryokai and my Kamakura Yamato Sukemitsu tanto.
http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/17414-achieved-collection-gokaden/page-1
First one : it will be my Oei Bizen TH ubu Yasumitsu (machi Okuri by 1,5cm)
http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/6866-santa-claus-was-late/page-1
Price is 15 000€ + shipping + paypal fees
Andrew,
What we can see is the upper part of a kanji which can be « Kane », there were several hundreds of Mino smiths with a name beginning by the Kane kanji. So if you want a written opinion (kanteisho) of the smith, there is only one solution: submit it to Shinsa.
Thanks Sebastien,
Elongated kissaki, konuka hada (though I cannot enlarge the picture as I would like), perfect suguha with a splendid constant nioiguchi, a tachi mei on a shinto katana nakago. I wonder were it can lead
Edit to add: forgot to talk about the cutting test....