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Jacques

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  1. IMHO this sword is a kazu-uchi mono pretty tired (look at the machi).
  2. Shodai, this is visible in his way of writing kanji kin 金.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Take everything that has been said with a grain of salt....
  6. 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).
  7. IMHO, start by putting them in chronological order.
  8. Yasurime and the lack of taper shows that this sword is not from Kanbun era.
  9. Hamon, is choji midare mixed with gunome (look at oshigata). As i always say we see nothing on pictures only the hadori.
  10. I would say Shinshinto rather Kanbun
  11. Jacques

    Dainius

    Could be shinshinto even Gendaito.
  12. Old NBTHK papers = no papers nothing else.
  13. 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.
  14. Mei seems legit, probably a sword by the shodai Tadatsuna.
  15. Generally, when a swordsmith takes the trouble to make an umegane, which is not an easy thing to do, it is because the quality of the sword justifies it; otherwise, he destroys it and starts over.
  16. Thank you, but I never give an opinion without having held the sword in question in my hand. I ad I'm not an expert, just what you might call an informed amateur.
  17. Okay, In fact, Hon'ami Kozon does not say that there is only one tachi, but that he has only seen one. Have you had the opportunity to see both the tachi you mention and a tanto at the same time to judge the potential difference in quality? Do you have the knowledge to evaluate such a thing? Personally, I don't, and I trust a real expert more than an ordinary person who claims to be one. I questionned Chatgpt about the number of tachi answer below
  18. Absolutely not but it's a thing you don't understand
  19. You don't know the difference between good workmanship and art.
  20. It's always about zaimei swords..
  21. On paper it's easy, but with a sword in hands it's a different story. Can you see the subtlety? I can't. I haven't yet reached that level of knowledge. As for those who claim to judge the quality of a sword based on a few photos, give me a break.
  22. Good question, and I challenge anyone here to give me a good definition of it. For example, what makes one ji nie better than another?
  23. It's your money, it's your responsibility, no one has any advice to give you.
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