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Jean

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  1. Everybody must take into consideration the difficulties of finding a transporter willing to carry swords
  2. HMFUNG, Please sign all your posts by your first name and an initial as per the board rules..
  3. Very good pictures for a very good sword
  4. 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...
  5. Remember that Kanteisho are only written opinion.
  6. 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
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    Uchigatana

    +1
  8. Kanemoto is a dynasty of smiths who signed Kanemoto. It is signed Kanemoto but is very late generation.
  9. 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
  10. Happy New Year 2019 Yurie
  11. Done for John
  12. It is not Kenjo
  13. The polisher signature
  14. No need to have the handle repaired for shinsa
  15. 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.
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    Christmas Kantei

    Right Sebastien, cutting test result + kao, First generation Tadayoshi was rated saijo wazamono
  17. Jean

    Christmas Kantei

    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....
  18. Jean

    Christmas Kantei

    Just a cut picture of a blade horimono is just what I have....
  19. Jean

    New Yoshiro Tsuba...

    Not even in your dream, Jean ...
  20. Jean

    New Yoshiro Tsuba...

    Very good picture, here is mine
  21. Did it for Arthur
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