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Hello, I hope if anyone can help me with this mei? many thanks, Jordy

I recently hold this blade, can anyone help with mei translation? Any other information anyone could give would also be appreciated. I not at home so do not have any book availabe. much thanks! I think its gendai gunto.

okay many thanks, I overlooked this character. I am always aware of gimei as far as I can construe this. I see you have a lot of generations sukemitsu smiths. But I found another piece which the mei looks very different and more faded or old. What are your thoughts about this?

Hi all, This is a second piece my friend showed me. The nakago includes a mei, those are two characters so means its the Smith name. I am pretty sure about the First 助 Suke cannot find in my books the second. This one is a wakizashi, it has masame hada and gunome hamon in nie with some chikei if I am right. It has no tsuba, but koshirae is nice and is Ubu. The polish is not to great also but for and old piece its okay, you can also see the strike and the Ha and Mune has some scratches. Not papered also, what do you think??

Hi all, A new friend of mine brought over some of his treasures which he owns already for many years. However he does not know anything about those swords and objects besides the facts the likes them. I am trying to tell him some more and here are the things I am pretty sure about. Its a masame itame hada, the blade is mumei unforturnately and not papered, because of this I think about Soshu school (hada). Its a gunome hamon and I think sunagashi, the blade itself has some sunagashi elements I think. Its very active with the right light. The polish is not to great and I also discovered some small litlle cracks running lenthwise which indicates the swordsmiths skills, I think. Many thanks already.

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I think there is not “one” way to see if a signature is Gimei. The reason for this thread here is what you semi professionals think. Haha, yes of course only shinsa can give a direction, I do not think they are always 100%. Gimei is something always was happening from time to time for reason we cannot imagine probably. First the (gi)mei looks rather rough and uneven. Also Settsu no Kami means younger brother of the 1st gen I think, but you also have 2 generations or even three. Anyway, smith falls under Tadatsuna school which has a lot of choji midare, but this blade does not appears to have this. So my guess it Gimei but are curious about others minds to more or less. If not appreciate by others sorry for posting.

Hello, what do you think? Is this one Gimei? Will it pass shinsa? Signature seems: Settsu Kami Tadayuki

Thanks, ok, I found this katana, I unfortunately cannot read anything they wrote. http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... enlargeimg Suguata seems Shobu Zukuri with Ubu Nakago. Period Kanbun April 1661 to September 1673, a so called Shinto Katana. I has little sori which was common in this time. It seems narrow hamon, I thought it was more wider at that time, but narrow hamon has advantante you have more soft steel so has a better shock resistance. Can anyone read the papers included?

Marius, thank you for your reply. And yes, Ken, I was also playing with those questions you mentioned. I do not have an agent either, how can I find one? And even if you have one, how do you get an idea about a "market" uniform price. Also the thought I was playing with, how a decent seller like AOI are getting thier pieces, they have an huge refreshing amount.

Hi Guys, This katana took my attention. It is signed with Kikuhira. Correct me when I am wrong but this smith was working at Hizen province, probably Kanbun era. What do you think about this katana? I know the worth of a katana is how much you personally admire the piece, but I think this one is very well priced. Is is pity you cannot see the blade very well with close ups to look after flaws. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Japan ... 9007wt_923

Hi, maybe here you can find some tsukamaki restoration services: http://japaneseswordindex.com/sites2.htm

What do you think of those: Fred Lohman - http://www.Japanese-swords.com/ Aron Justice - http://www.ronin-outpost.com/ronin_outp ... amaki.html

I like this naginata very much, it is papered and the polish seems ok. Do you know if the “shirasaya” is the same age? I like the rattan details on it. It normally also has a habaki. For what I know the naginata was a real sophisticated weapon and requires a lot of skill to used it effectively, I have done some workshops with the training naginata’s. You have different theories how this weapon was evolved. Enjoy your new naginata.