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

    Dainius

    Jacques replied to Dainius's topic in Nihonto

    Could be shinshinto even Gendaito.
  12. Jacques
    Old NBTHK papers = no papers nothing else.
  13. 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.
  14. Jacques
    Mei seems legit, probably a sword by the shodai Tadatsuna.
  15. Jacques
    What do you mean ?
  16. Jacques
    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.
  17. Jacques
    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.
  18. Jacques
    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
  19. Jacques
    Absolutely not but it's a thing you don't understand
  20. Jacques
    You don't know the difference between good workmanship and art.
  21. Jacques
    It's always about zaimei swords..
  22. Jacques
    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.
  23. Jacques
    Who ?
  24. Jacques
    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?
  25. Jacques
    It's your money, it's your responsibility, no one has any advice to give you.
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