Hi,
Beware,
This "pretty nice" seller is well known for sale chinese junk as a really nihonto. You can find him too (and others liers) at Naturabuy and Delcampe .
Don't waste your time and money with such lier.
Beware,
Same blade by two sellers.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Japan ... 2c8262d03f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/S182-Japanese-S ... 258e93e270
Always the same troubles with the same seller.
Yes, it is a way to learn "easy" because Nbthk gives all informations about suguta, hada, hataraki and very important, nakago informations add. It will be more difficult for me blade in hands with hidden nakago.
However, i don't know how many "gaijins" are members ? may be less of twenty ??? Fees are a little expensives.
I think the state of polish is good for hozon. I don't know if iyeyoshi is the last one of enju because enju muneyoshi worked at the same period. Maybe a link iyeyoshi and muneyoshi ?????
Nakago match to many enju shin shinto . Morever nakago mune is often maru. Have you got maru mune on your ?
It is a small low rank smith so i don't think a gimei blade.
Hi,
Masame hada of norikatsu and kunikane are more tigth.
But you can find some sample as paul's blade on some shin shinto swordsmiths
as
http://www.aoijapan.com/tanto-mumei-aizu-michitoki
With a mei of the well known hosokawa Masayoshi.......So, beware....Masayoshi yasuri mei are always well done and you can find samples on the nihonto koza.
"same " mei at the page 275.