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That is very sad to hear. He was allways looking for the best quality in collecting Tosogu and Swords and shows us very fine pieces for our pleasure. I hope eternity has the same quality.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ninja-swords-banned-by-summer-as-manifesto-commitment-delivered I think they talk about these swords.

Non-traditional seki blade. Nothing wrong with it. Condition is good. Price is good. Why not?

The patination is gone. Sad.

@Bruce Pennington since i know he was starting as a smith 1940. His real name is Toki Akinobu. A swordsmith commissioned by the army in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. He belonged to Seki Swords Co., Ltd. and made swords under the names Niwa Kanenobu, Niwa Kanenobu, Kounobu Kanegami, Murayama Kanetoshi and others. He is a master swordsmith who took second place at the New Japanese Swords Exhibition in 1941 and achieved the rank of Sekiwake (high-ranking swordsmith) in the ranking of sacred swordsmiths.

I would take it too. If Dimitri don't want it.

The hadori is very bling bling but anyway the hamon looks like modern camouflage. This blade could be state of the art in a Dune movie.

Nice sword.

Peter i think that little crab application could be in sliver or shakudo.

It's a nice blade. Nothing wrong. Mei looks not bad for me.

Looks good to me. Boshi looks fine. Nothing wrong.

Very nice Soten Tsuba in perfect condition. We don't give here any value price options because collectors want to buy cheap too. For example this Tsuba is much lower qualitiy https://www.zacke.at...-scholars/?lot=73336 Another example https://onlineonly.c...hakudo-tsuba-1/12085

@Lexvdjagt Your sword is old and it has Tokubetsu Hozon. So some trained people have judged it before and rated it tokubetsu. It is a proud sword.

Its thin but its there. reshaped

He was very gentle in his comments.