James

This statement concerns me a bit as I believe Yasuhiro's go for much much more than a few grand...

Not meaning to flog a dead horse but this Emura on eBay (linked below) has the same kind of large choji hamon, and check out the nakago. Yep, almost exact same kinda of patina, and the exact same bright fresh yasuri on the top on the nakago as the Emura I started this thread about. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... tsupported

Brett, I don't know why you didn't just use the link I gave you to the decent photos of this sword? My photo taking skills aren't great either but they are certainly an improvment on yours friend :D http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... meiWaki12/

@ Steve: Ok, and thanks for the apology. @ Ted: Wow, I never would have thought a person would've gone to all that trouble for an Emura. Thanks for your input and observation!

I must admit that I'm absolutely shocked if there's even a discussion about this being a Shinto blade or not. So what every one is saying is that the nakago could have had the rust cleaned that had gathered from the Shinto times, then ground down so that new yasurimei can be applied, then had new yasurimei applied in the same style that Emura does, then after all that effort, had someone clumsily chisel an Emura mei? And judging by the new patina on the nakago, all that must've happened 20th C. You sure are bold to make a statement like that. You obviously can judge people you know nothing about very well. The truth however is I never for one moment until all this thought it was gimei, and that I've sold bloody loads of swords, eBay and other, and never once had an unhappy purchaser.

I was referring to the image within the kokuin.

A ken?

Ok that pretty much clears everything up. Thanks all

Oops, forgot the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... tsupported

Well, the hamon and hada match the other Emura I have seen, and the yasurimei are the same as the other Emura I have seen. I believe that prisoners would make some of Emura's swords and probably sign them also, right? I mean, look here at the differences in mei: http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/emura.htm Can we at least agree that this is not a Shinto era blade?

Hi Guys Some time back I sold an Emura to another Aussie. The sword had a slight bend and the polish I would say is good to very good (hamon and hada clearly visible). The guy I sold it to (let's just call him Jack) seemed to have basic knowledge of Nihonto but nothing extensive. Then a while after receiving the sword from me, Jack emailed me telling me that the sword had been given to another man in Australia who was going to straighten the sword and submit it to the March '09 NTHK Shinsa in Sydney on his behalf. He said that after the man checked out the sword he concluded the sword was a gimei Emura, and was in fact a Shinto era sword! I wrote back telling him that this was clearly not the case, and that he should not trust the sword to be straightened to someone who could make such a wrong and amateur mistake like that. I should point out that Jack was not after a return/refund and not after any compensation; he was just telling me these things. Anyway, I didn't hear back from him until recently when he emailed me again telling me that the NTHK had pink slipped the Emura and wrote on the pink slip that that the Emura is gimei and the sword is a Shinto era blade!! I of course asked to see a copy of the pink slip which Jack is mailing to me, but how could the NTHK make such a mistake? I suspect fowl play on behalf of the man who submitted the sword on his behalf. For some reason Jack refuses to tell me who this agent is, but he also told me got the sword back straightened, and told me the man also "cleaned [the sword] a bit". I would like to get to the bottom of this, and just so "Jack" can see this thread I hope that others can look at the photos at the following link and confirm that the sword is indeed a genuine Emura, and not a Shinto era blade. I mean, you can see through the rust on the nakago fresh yasurimei and near the top of the nakago you can see perfect fresh silver yasurimei without any rust at all! Any other comments are welcome. http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... i%20Emura/

Hi Guys Is this sword made by the famous wartime smith Toshihide? $1525 for a mounted Toshihide in good polish seems very cheap if it is a genuine, or is there something I'm missing here? Looks non-traditionally made but still...

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Gendai are considered traditionally made whereas Showa are not. grr Steve beat me by 3 mins...

Hi guys, firstly there is no hagire. I know there is a small verticle line in one of the pictures but this is just a line of rust that may, from the pictures, look like a hagire. So again, there is no hagire. Regarding the tsuka/nakago, I don't know what's up but seriously, I can not get it off by any method mentioned.

Just like to alert members about this one, which the seller claims has a Koa Isshin Mantetsu mei, yet refuses to show any evidence, saying that taking the handle off will destroy the tsuka-ito. I don't know what he's playing at as he seems to know at least the basics of Nihonto. Here's the link. Beware. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... TQ:US:1123

Nothing in Slough's but he must be a decent smith if the bidding is up to $2500 after just 12 hours of the sword being up on auction :?

I think what you need to do is go get it to Shinsa

Dont know what the characters say but it's a fake Japanese sword, most likely Chinese made

Hi all I have this sword that I will be putting onto eBay soon but I was wondering if anyone knows why it may have gold samekawa. The koshirae/tosogu are all antique and very nice so I don't think this would have been done recently. Just curious as I have never seen or even heard of such a thing.

Oh yes yes you are right of course. I thought it was 照秀 not 昭秀 That explains it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... TQ:US:1123 With the risk of being humiliated, I ask the question Who is this smith and why is the bidding at US$2500 with 6 days remaining?

Hey guys Sorry for any sense of deception / dishonesty in this advertisement on SFI - it was not intended. I cannot edit my original post in the ad so I will post again and say that it is a gimei. Thanks for bringing this up and alerting people to this kind of thing.

Hi Guys, Happy New Year to you all I'm a bit stuck on this one... not sure what the 1st and 2nd kanji are but the last two I believe are Shige and Saku. This is from a rather long unokubi wakizashi I am considering getting polished. I just need to determine if it is worth it. :|

Hmm, alright then. Gimei it is Thanks for your help