PhoenixDude

It depends on which one you want more. Heres a tip. Get a coin, assign one to heads one to tails. flip it. then buy the one you are hoping it lands on. If it were me though, I would get the Wak, its made by a much higher ranked smith and I <3 the fittings.

thats the correct address as of about june-july this year i think.

hey a fellow Texan!

No fix for it joe?

its in decent polish, i just suck at taking pictures.

Tried with Nugui Kami and had the same result

Is it just bad oil? It smells slightly of laundry detergent or something pungent.

No, and we are digressing off topic. The real question is 1. Is this mei from the smith named, and 2. What generation is it?

Also (speculation ahead) as kogatana not being things that were regulated by the bakufu in the same vein as swords, i personally believe there were probably alot of people that worked in iron that would make kogatana, because as you said they were expendable, so who cares if you get yours cheap from a horseshoe maker/ tepot maker/ whatever guy as its gonna get abused and thrown away anyways right?

The 99% stat im stating is what was told to me by bob benson, ive seen plenty of kogatana as well with no hamon or poor hamon, no jihada, poor construction or hastily cut mei. I highly doubt these were made by legitimate smiths. Imho i dont think a legitimate smith would half ass a kogatana just because it was considered expendable.

I believe thats probably the case with 99 percent of kogatana you find, there are a few that were made by actual smiths though. This one has all the hallmarks of ujishige, and has very close attention to detail on the signature, tang, etc. It all leads me to believe this is actually made by him.

thanks!

Can anyone identify this mei? I cant make heads or tails of it.

I just picked up this kogatana signed banshu tegarayama fumoto fujiwara ujishige, im curious as to what generation it is, im thinking 2nd maybe 3rd. Whats yalls opinion?

link to article?

Lol, dangerous goods huh?

​I reccomend 8mil Nitrile gloves, work perfectly.

Buy the sword not the signature.

Shakudo will not naturally repatinate in oxygen. It is patinated through a chemical process involving a mixture called rokusho.

Not if its only mild chili. B)

Best to ask up front to keep yourself safe.

was this guy considered part of the Buzen Chikushi ryokai?

I have a Yamato daijo fujiwara masanori, that has a well cut sig, and all other traits suggest it being a ydfm, nakagojiri, yasurimei, etc are all correct, other people that looked at it thought it was legit. Took it to shinsa and they said it was from Kambun, Echizen Seki smith but failed the sig as gimei.

Nobody like Ochre with black and gold?

So I am making custom fit, Black urushi lacqured boxes to hold some of my Goto school fittings in. I am going to makie a light dust of gold powder on the outside of each box. Anyways I was wondering what the opinion was on what color silk would best go with it? I was researching traditional dyes and came across the list of kinjiki used in the rank system for the Kuge class. I am trying to decide between [going from top left to right:] Ochre (Otan) ​Deep Purple (Kokimurasaki) Magenta (Akamurasaki) ​True Deep Red (Shinshu) Deep scarlet (Kokiake) or Light Scarlet (Asaiaka). Post the color you like best!