Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini

Hi Piers. I'm still alive... :lol: Simply I feel very inadequate coparing my poor sake cups with the items posted hereabove and in the other (lost) half of the thread.. Anyway, as seems I'm not the only one that collect sake cups, and there is nobodyelse (that I know) here in Italy interested in them : First Sino-Japanese war, Navy (1895) : 3rd Rgt Imperial Guard (Konoe) Flag Festival (1898) : Boxer rebellion "Northern China Disturbance" (1900) : Anti-Boxer "Alliance of 8" (around 1901): Russo-Japanese war, Konoe (Imperial Guard) cavalry with Tsuba (1905) : Russo-Japanese war, Navy, 3 Imperial Regalia with Abalone inserts (1905): Russo-Japanese war, Navy (1905 but I'm not sure on this one) : Siberian Expedition boxed set of 2 (1919/1920) : Aviator's badge, (late '20s/early '30s) : The leftmost one is from the (cancelled) Olimpyc games in Tokyo (1940). Is shown upsidedown with a period "Tropical Helmet" one to show the similarities :

I wonder if the Ha runs into the Nakago and if the part highlighted is possibly a sign of Suriage.

I join the group. Thanks Moriyama-san.

For Nengo and years chronology I would strongly recommend this downloadable free program by Matthias Schemm of the University of Tuebingen. Available for Mac too, now... http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte- ... o_calc.htm

Hi Brian. Seems to me that the rant of Reihnard is more about the attribution of the blade and hence the reliability of the seller rather then the price. The use of "Textbook" is something usually isn't referred to lesser generations... I can't see the link from work, anyway and my PC is out of order again by several days... I agree with your comments about tastes.

Hi Peter tour suggestion is a good one too, but Acrobat Professional allow me to make searches. Not the same with HTML-format pages. Vista sucks. I've my PC out of order again and I'm writing from work or from the laptop.

Another solution more then possible.

Hi Nigel and Gabriel. Apparently is the keyword here. We are supposing such a smith didn't exist because of he's not mentioned in our sources but maybe that Gordon has sources we haven't access to. Easier solution .

I'm quiet sure there is a Josaku Sukemitsu on Koza or Fujishiro around 1550 that signs with these words but seems this signature lacks something after Ju. I'm now at work but I've to check it when at home. Anyway Ithink it'll not match with the strokes...

Piers, would you mind if me or John post the pics of your chinese gun in a Samurai histoy related forum ? It's interesting.

Yes, if I'm not mistaking it was based on actualizing (at hawley's times...) the currency exchange taken from other sources even much older if not ancient. Good old Yumoto is buried somewhere in my libraries, but if I recall well it makes the same with the same result.

Well, might be I've found what I want for xmas. Mine is the old "revised", 1981. This one has signatures listed separately when they should have been grouped, even if the main kanji and the smith are the same. I've not exaple now to give you. With so much names and different sources something wrong was inevitable.

Gabriel, do you know if the new 2 volume set have the duplicate entries grouped together or in someway better arranged ?

Take Hawley's ratings with a grain of salt. They have not a definitive meaning or importance.

Sakè-zori ? :lol:

PICTURES !! Seems to me they are pertinent to the thread, if you wish to share them...

Hi Jim. Welcome from another >20 years Bonsai enthusiast (Crespi student). God damn global warming. Yakiba = Yaki + Ha , whole tempered part. Ha+Mon = the temperline, border of the Ha. I've a similar Mino Tanto but unsigned. Drop me a mail and I'll reply with the page of my archive about Hamon : tsubame1@tin.it or visit the links in my website : http://xoomer.alice.it/tsubame/ZZZZZZ_BLADES_LINKS.htm

Not at all Milt. The seller isn't a moron, so the chances Torisori is the wrong reply is high.

Hi Milt. You mean this ?

Hi Gabriel. My post wasn't strictly related to the sword in question but more general. The meaning I wasn't able to express is that the blade IMHO is Torizori as you suggest, and the tapering the reason because of it has been taken wrong IF we're rigth (if in capital letters... :D ). Millimetrical measurements will never give you a torizori of course...

In judging sori the tapering can fool the eyes...

I believe it is the first one. The pics are 5 years old from a sale he was following. He's not italian, we correspond via the net. I've saved them because of they are very beautiful.

:lol: HAHAHA... Piers, I wish it was mine ! It's of a friend of mine that purchased it sometime ago. Fantasctic piece. The book is also of my friend.

Thanks John. I'll follow your suggestion.

Thanks Brian. I'm currently cleaning the PMs in various Fora, so I now know how to save my PMs here. Best.