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  1. Jacques
    This perfectly demonstrates that it is sometimes difficult even for true experts to attribute a sword. So when I read certain self-proclaimed experts, I can't refrain laughing and think that Einstein was absolutely right about infinity.
  2. Jacques
    There were 2 Hasebe Kunishige, the second worked around OEI
  3. Jacques
    I should point out that I am referring to Chumon-uchi mono produced by skilled smiths (those showed in literature), not kazu-uchi mono or swords forged by obscure craftsmen.
  4. Jacques
    I would like to add that the shape of the nakago does not correspond to what Kiyomitsu was doing at that time (and that's not all...). https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_ja_tachi&katanaA040425.html
  5. Jacques
    So what? Just because it's in the Compton collection, does that mean it has to be soshin? All Bizen Osafune swords with a nagamei and an ubu nakago have a nengo, since OEI.
  6. Jacques
    Does the person I made laugh have a valid point to make?
  7. Jacques
    No nengo = gimei....
  8. Jacques
    Mei (signature) is fake for sure but i can't say without having the sword in hands if it's a true nihontöt or a gunto (I do not have the power of divination).
  9. Jacques
    Does the Kiyomitsu have a nengo ?
  10. Jacques
    Ok, the machi is in better condition than I thought. however, I don't see why it would be machi-okuri.
  11. Jacques
    IMHO this sword is a kazu-uchi mono pretty tired (look at the machi).
  12. Jacques
    Shodai, this is visible in his way of writing kanji kin 金.
  13. Jacques
    Brandolini's law.... How many swords from this swordsmith have you really held in your hands? Me, only one so i keep my loud mouth closed on the subject
  14. Jacques
    Mei is Iga no kami Fujiwara Kinmichi 伊賀守藤原金道 (second generation) and lack the Nihon kaji sosho mention 日本鍛冶惣匠. Kinmichi died in 1680. According the seller, that sword was made in Enpo jidai.
  15. Jacques
    Take everything that has been said with a grain of salt....
  16. Jacques
    I did it, sent it to the shinsa and got a tokuho for the sword and one for the koshirae, and sold it (and that's not the only time).
  17. Jacques
    IMHO, start by putting them in chronological order.
  18. Jacques
    Yasurime and the lack of taper shows that this sword is not from Kanbun era.
  19. Jacques
    Hamon, is choji midare mixed with gunome (look at oshigata). As i always say we see nothing on pictures only the hadori.
  20. Jacques
    I would say Shinshinto rather Kanbun
  21. Jacques

    Dainius

    Jacques replied to Dainius's topic in Nihonto

    Could be shinshinto even Gendaito.
  22. Jacques
    Old NBTHK papers = no papers nothing else.
  23. Jacques
    What makes you think it's the second generation? I know these two smiths particularly well, and I know what to look for to tell which generation this sword belongs to.
  24. Jacques
    Mei seems legit, probably a sword by the shodai Tadatsuna.
  25. Jacques
    What do you mean ?
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