martin hornak

Hallo, opinion is the mei engrawing is young and not comparing original old signature in shape in size and location on nakago. but common things in feudal times making fakes sign,.

Well the price for shinken or even showato that you could perfectly practice tameshigiri or even iaido because many showato even non traditional are perfect functionaly for cuting or very good balanced for iaido, or shinshinto swords are often used for this cuting practice together with iaido ... but for that low price ??? no chance , even showato or some shinshinto swords are cheap , but not that cheap. you have to evaluate your level higher

Wau so challenging ,. Thank you to be here ,. To see real Ko aoe sword tachi ubu or suriage is really rare,. I can say it is blessing from heaven to be present to these swords ,.Ko Aoe . Bitchu swords are examples of early elegance and completely diferent whole history in Japan,. Its very powerfull and elegance , if you see one real , then you know what i try to explain,. I had chance to have in hands few Koaoe swords , i thanx to heaven to see that and keep the long swords in hands , its beautiful graceful sugata is speaking for the early styles of Heian makki sugata sori jigane ucuri hamon , its not simple to describe,. There is on internet few swords from old era but if counting only for few examples photos for western world is very simple to mistification and hard to imagine compare to the real sword apearence,. But to own that is impossible , i am happy to not own one it is too much .

Please what is the result of sword designation is it real sword from hasebe name ?? Thank you , Kind regards

sorry my previois coment , why somebody started this post ....i was wrong sorry , very good post. As my orign study is metalurgy in shool i had experienced by samurai old swords very unusual phenomenon,. Japanese sword metalurgy involves many diferent mixtures of materials , or even only one metal,. Pressure during creating basic materials inside of metal have non complex character ,. as well final sword and tempered in wild fire . Even non Japanese metals can in old chracter create impressive colours , and tempered boundaries,. Character of this shool and time producing this sword supose to have its metal colour , and character of final tempering elements on sword ,. you can compare ,. for this is necesary to see swords in hand closeup diferent reflection light day light and electric light to make final research. Usually metal of certain periods have its sensitivity and structural changes that togishi polisher can recognize just by using stone to detect what hapens to the sword ,. talking about old swords . Tempering style have significant result , more tempering atempts on one sword can produce character of misleading character ,. difficult to detect , by whole image , but in very detail you can find diferences in metal that have been tempered and retempered ,. Character of whole image speaks . Individual proportions why is this on there and that on there is questions that brings key to misterious way to recogniye truth. On this sword boundaries of konie deki are very spread ower like powder sugar , kind of toran hamon apears , but this style detects diferent shool or even very diferent from usuall character of sertain shool that is observed ,. Kinsuji sharp strokes like with smal brush are missing here , the sharper character of original hamon character for this shool is a bit changed ... jigane metal oily darkich colour is changed to smoothly dry and gray apearence, acompanied by jinie aranie yubashiri can be observed even after saiha retemper, not a problem .....especially in old sword metalurgical oroginal i say first tempering makes sword fresh , with activities like fruit that is naturally grown on sun and ready for eat ....in old metals , the original jinie yubashiri aranie have its apearence that carbon content have its strenght and power like colours , the kinsuji and ucuri with the smooth chikei can be rapidly changing the smooth or sharp activity or disapear , especially jigane the apearence of jihada its hardenes , texture apearence can be easyly changing by tempering treatments , and clear original natural chikei will disapear completely after retemper attempt ,,saiha . There is question also why such changes was done , in old days swords was not thrown away after burn disaster or warr fighting, sword was recycled and reborn, the elements as spirit for weapon and using weaponry was most important, the moderrn (( ORIGINAL )) research od old Japanese metalurgi can bring many missleading ways for observing samurai history and the soul , the sword . Old swords sometimes after battle was reshaped and rehardened , there was not such time as today , with questions , like what hapens to jigane or why the hamon changed ??? ,,, in old weaponry in Japan the sugata was much stronger in great amount of swords that todays public can not imagine , the old swords have been much more thicker and stronger, there was common way numbers of reshaping on one strong sword ,. Indeed not all can observe numbers of great old swords in hand to make feeling its power or todays comparison . Then difficulties to research such swords where young horimono was added to old retempered sword . But stil in great aperence and power . In old days such sword will be as much as great battle sword !!! Imagination about great old sword that keeps its original names and sugata is diferent story when treasured individual peaces was selected to be not used anymore in battles but was simply too high in spiritual and historical values , even used swords with strong sugata and some battle marks ! Many designed treasures are saiha and known saiha , or simply burn sword , but old battle swords stil beautiful apearence , is too much to get truth from the real old days, . the best is to see and compare metal elements in hand to get your eyes and soul ripped of from body like touching the very sky and cosmos or have deep ocean in hands . and feel blessed From historical sword researches of old clasified families to apricing swords in old days there is many diferences even in one shool or style of swordmaking , natural element . To detect what this sword really is is simply not anough to see photos !!! even if the sword is on certain level od modern economical level its price today , , Few Hasebe blades to see on internet photos , is described also in quality photos or the not quality photos, you can find good quality photos of hasebe blades as was menshioned abowe in diferent posts members Now not talking about the nakago horimono , only metal research first, Challenge of nakago making and horimono making is very original research, the very first apearence usually done by visual elements like sugata nakago any changes there and there but the metal in important. This is my research i trys many times that brings many questions to the sword owners . Kind regards.

Why somebody starts this post ???

In the time there is world , we are people of todays society and novadays philosophy . Individual feelings are involved into words and discussions,. There is such thing like self reflection , we all have apearence on others . friendships or oposit . I can say from experience that magic of samurai sword is power that can twist your mind to make life confortable or even harder . We do self eficient existing with necesary manners to survive . People have feelings from body position dayly life situations and culture thay are living in . As point of wieu of westeners and thair characters are diferent from the one we are involved the Japanese culture , into the very heart of samurai spirit the soul , samurai sword Japanese sword , metalurgical magic that can not be described onto simple thing . I say involved this word describe the position where western world is standing and discussing what thay do . we are part of it now , the world is free to get close and see the samurai sword yes ,. but the confort is diferent , to observe to study to feel its power and magic . Now right to the center , there is many people with lots of swords in possetion today . you deserve it , it is says that sword will find its owner ,. As warrior samurai rich or poor that had only two kimonos and smal house where in winter feels the cold like freezy legs when sleeping in winter in Japan , is not so simple in old days , even today !!! try it . This old feudal human soul feels like sword possesion death or life everyday loyalty and honor , truth and simply to react straight . Discussion i have been told in Japan about this real situations , samurais life stories , brings you to real statement of where we are and what we do today . One sword single Japanese sword have memories old battles , rust damage , fight damage , reusage technicaly today we call it damage , but !!! diferent story for real samurai . Retempered swords fundamentaly common thing in old days , burned swords in possesion as treasure from shogun or high rank samurai lords. Many people do not feel its importance today . Very best healthy old swords with some ship after fight presented today , great oportunity for the sword to survive another thousand years . Siting on cold winter flore in Japan , to be ready react and be mind fresh not complicated expectations . Observing great old swords famose names gods on earth in the past ,. That will tell us imaginations who we are and what we have chance to learn,. How we react and express orselves is very important. This is small amount words i love to tell , how difficult is to imagine what realy means even to get close to study . Observing culture from distance or trying find something into it is very important to start in the very heart . my few words i formed into this smal frame ,. next the real swords .

I am preparing for public close look on my own way in samurai sword spirit understanding , in fundamental and very high spiritual level. There is in hand with old swords the new swords apreciating artistic and spiritual elements also for introduction . Soon Thank you all dear sword collectors , students , or enhusiasts . Regards , Martin Hornak

Klaus hallo lets discuss Robert privately i have agreement with him not to menshion his name any public . thanx millions. I was in Japan and now as i come back i had very sick flue cold on chrismas and new year , as humid cold air changing , here and in Japan,....

Thank you all for kind replys . &there was an email that requires price i replys as regular . unfortunately it was too much for the swordcollector, i do translations of documents from nihongo also swords historical backgrounds and valuable information about each individual samurai old swords or new swords artistical details . In Japan there is much more level of customer sensitivity and it should be involved into western world in certain degree,. I agree with many there is not comparison in western world and deep Japanese origin , but some strict level of speaking should be involved here,. I am not very much for public informative notes instead more talking privately on email adress to keep polite level for my client . This including posting certain swords highest value from private collections of client . On my fb page is source of my works . This always prevent wrong informations spread around by others individuals to make misleading publicity!!! I can provide proffesional sword evaluation here in europa or directly made in Japan . If you like ask me directly on pm mesage on email ,. Kind regards ,.Martin

Tank you very much ´ All Photos will be uploaded soon to my web page There was old Photos i deleted . I just come back from Japan and All PC work i do on iPhone , my PC is broken right now it takes some time sorry for that . Facebook posts are more frequently .

Right now i comeback to Slovakia on chrismas .

My great teacher is Joji Tamaki sensei in Kyoto.

Thank you very much . Happy Christmas ☺️ Yes i do togi kenma on Japanese swords

Please contact me on email adress matohorunaku@gmail.com Best regards Martin Hornak