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  1. When I inquired in Dec 2022, @Barrett Hiebert had sold his sword to Robert Hughes
  2. AFAIK the ambiguity is only about gendaitō / shinsakutō which can mean different things for different people. As per Markus Sesko: There should be zero ambiguity about shinshintō: or Showa, Heisei and Reiwa which are nengō era names. Note: Showa should not be confused with Showatō which denotes non-traditionally made swords. Finally, shinsakutō:
  3. If you trust the seller, why are you wondering whether the sword is genuine ?
  4. francois2605

    Moon tsuba

    One of the first tsuba I bought a while ago.
  5. Can you show us ? I can't see any in the pictures uploaded so far
  6. Hello Lawrence, have you checked this reference website http://ohmura-study.net/911.html ?
  7. I like this thread. I was thinking recently that it would be really useful to have swordsmith-dedicated threads on the forum to aggregate all the information about a given person.
  8. This is a very sad news 😢 Condolences to his family.
  9. Hi Alexi and welcome to the forum. You will probably find this thread useful: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/34023-bibliography-of-Japanese-modern-edged-weapons-1868-1945
  10. Very nice sugata. Thanks for sharing Klaus.
  11. Hamish, did you win the auction ? I could be interested in the tsuba 😊
  12. Interesting the Meiji 100th year instead of Showa 42. Is there any rationale for this ?
  13. @Marauder Please find Jean's latest sale posts here
  14. Next time, maybe try automatic bidding if possible, you would have won the auction when away from keyboard.
  15. I think those 3 swords are not worth buying. I don't know your budget but if I were you, I would ask myself: would you rather own 3 average swords or a good one ?
  16. Wow, that's really excellent, Manuel. Definitely something to be proud of. Is the design yours or inspired from a specific school ?
  17. There's a similar tsuba on Drouot right now at https://drouot.com/f...iron-echizen-sukashi. The estimate is between 500 and 1000 EUR.
  18. Tsuba on auction soon: https://drouot.com/fr/l/21673046-hirochika-a-fine-sentoku-tsuba
  19. @Stephen Here: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9324-shichisei-hōkoku/#comment-94266
  20. Have you considered buying one directly from Japan ? Searching 刀掛け in Buyee will return a lot of matches. I bought one 2 years ago for a low price.
  21. Here's my Enomoto Sadayoshi. Purchased last year but only photographed this week. Izu Mishima Ju Yusuishin Sadayoshi Saku Kore (伊豆三嶋住湧水心貞吉作之) Showa Hinoto U 8 Gatsu (昭和丁卯八月) = 1987 Nagasa: 73.1 cm Sori: 1.2 cm Motohaba: 3.5 cm Sakihaba: 2.5 cm Kasane: 0.7 cm Weight: 975 g The sword has a very shallow sori, a small kissaki and a very prominent hada mixing mokume, ayasugi (ish) and chikei. The hamon is a choji midare with a lot of kinsuji. One can very clearly see the hada thanks to the use of very contrasted steels. I'm fond of this swordsmith.
  22. I don't know, John. The sword was sold in a shirasaya (no associated gunto koshirae with matching seppa). The 5 looks almost too perfect for being hand painted. Curious to hear what others think.
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