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  1. Jacques
    A sword work of art is as effective as it is beautiful, whereas the reverse is not true. As for the Wazamono ranking, it should be taken with a great deal of hindsight.
  2. Jacques
    He is the third generation of the Osaka branch. How to recognize Osaka and Kyo smiths
  3. Jacques
    Chu jo saku. Bungo Takada is considered a minor school due to the absence of top-level artists.
  4. Jacques
    The subject is so vast that it's difficult to answer; among other things, the quality of a steel and a hada are things you need to know how to evaluate. For example, it's possible for a trained eye to tell whether a sword is Koto or Shinto just by the look of the steel.
  5. Jacques
    It is more relevant to judge a smith on the basis of his entire career than to judge one or another sword. The subtlety lies in knowing which are the best works of a particular smith, which the vast majority of collectors can't do.
  6. Jacques
    I'ts the sandai Osaka Yoshimichi, at first glance the mei looks legit.
  7. Jacques
    Franco It's not enough to say a polisher can do this - you have to prove it. Facts are facts words are only words... And many naginata naoshi are not true naginata naoshi but only made in the style...
  8. Jacques
    The problem is that you can't say the polisher knows if you don't know the process. And yes, the scientific method can be applied anywhere.
  9. Jacques

    Cutting hi

    Jacques replied to Kanenaga's topic in Nihonto

    Cutting hi
  10. Jacques
    This sword has obviously undergone a lot of polishing since it was suriage. Don't forget that the thickening stone hasn't yet been invented, and further polishing could lead to an even worse situation.
  11. Jacques
    Stay serious
  12. Jacques
    Detecting a gimei is much harder than you think. You need to start by taking into account the smith's entire career This one is tokubetsu hozon (dots on Kane are in the same way than on yours)
  13. Jacques
    Cheap, in 2007, a saber belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte was sold for the modest sum of €4800,000.
  14. Jacques
    Why? I'm not materialistic, nor am I interested in money. Once I've studied one sword, it no longer interests me; i study another one, and so on. I'm lucky enough to have the memory of an elephant, which enables me to remember the essential characteristics of the swords I've studied. In fact, there are only 300 smiths I'm interested in: jo, jo-jo and sai-jo saku.
  15. Jacques
    Ok thanks Jussy.
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