Jacques
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Don't worry From NBTHK's Oshigata collection
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I wasn't talking to you, but to Rivkin.
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it's very common. Nagayama doesn't talk about Nengo and his approach is really very/too generalist.
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Ok your first reference is from the site shoshin which cannot be considered as a very reliable source. The second is a Sukesada (more 70 Sukesada) and it is obvious that kazu-uchi mono are excluded and I wonder why the literature does not mention this fact, here is what the nihonto Koza (Afu translation) says
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I'd like to have sources confirming what you say
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It's the same sword
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I would love to see an example. The Osafune Taikan lists 54 Swords signed Kiyomitsu all have a nengo. All Bizen swords with a nagamei and sue koto have a nengo Example below
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Normally all swords from Kiyomitsu with a nagamei must have a nengo too (as well all Bizen swords from this period). It seems obvious that the date has been erased, but why, I don't know. Yours comes from AOI art. https://sword-auctio...fune-kiyomitsu-saku/ https://www.yamasiro...na/katana/_1567.html https://bizenya-katana.com/?thoken=備前国住長船清光作
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21° at home, thank you my old stone house with 70 cm thick walls
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Dew point at 25° is fairly high i calculated it at home, it is 7.7° ps sry for being off topic. ps2 Colin you don't have to address me, I won't answer you.
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I'm lucky enough to know a very good Japanese polisher who taught me one thing: the less you touch a blade, the better you preserve it. I cleaned my swords when i bought them and they had never been oiled since. It's useless in a room where the average humidity is 45%. Now, you can do what you like with what I say, that's not my problem.
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Just a legend. Uchiko is abrasive. No need to say any more. In the old days, this was the only way to clean a blade. Nowadays, however, it's no longer an option. I wonder how many people here can describe the difference between sashikomi and hadori.
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All tachi by Sadamune were O suriage so they are all mumei....
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1st Hizen Tadayoshi with big chip
Jacques replied to Gerry's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
As the works of shodai Tadayoshi are not uncommon, there is a very strong probability that this accident took place after the tokuho was obtained. Note that the chip joins the hamon, which is a fatal flaw. In fact, this sword isn't worth a cent anymore. -
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Read the comment by Clive Sinclaire, he's right.
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Without NBTHK papers = huge red flag
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There are several things that bother me: the sugata doesn't match the era, the kissaki is too long, the mei is oddly placed and the characters are too large. Where was this sword purchased? In Japan?
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Ah, ok, My mistake.
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If i'm not wrong the number of mekugi ana doesn't match ...
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Photos are photos, it would be interesting to compare blades in hands
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This is nothing more than a translation of the Nihonto meikan, but with a few errors.
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Gimei at least for the first 2 generations.
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Ok, show me how what I say is absurd, i look forward to reading your well-founded arguments.
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Frankly, wazamono is not a quality brand. You have to look at the conditions under which these tests were carried out, and I doubt that the process was rigorous enough in terms of parameters to be truly reliable. Let me add that it's the swords that were judged, not the smiths. It seems Markus Sesko index is mistaken https://en.wikipedia...iki/List_of_Wazamono Inoue Shinkai only rated wazamono ....
