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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:
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Gendaito Toshihira Katana Blade?
francois2605 replied to Dr Greenthumb80's topic in Translation Assistance
If you trust the seller, why are you wondering whether the sword is genuine ? -
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Hello Lawrence, have you checked this reference website http://ohmura-study.net/911.html ?
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Any Nagamitsu fans out there - one for your perusal.
francois2605 replied to Beater's topic in Military Swords of Japan
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. -
Roger Dundas has passed away
francois2605 replied to Bazza's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
This is a very sad news 😢 Condolences to his family. -
Gendaito Swordsmith Reference Books
francois2605 replied to AlexiG's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
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 -
Very nice sugata. Thanks for sharing Klaus.
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Hamish, did you win the auction ? I could be interested in the tsuba 😊
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Interesting the Meiji 100th year instead of Showa 42. Is there any rationale for this ?
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@Marauder Please find Jean's latest sale posts here
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Next time, maybe try automatic bidding if possible, you would have won the auction when away from keyboard.
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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 ?
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My first attempt at NBTHK Newly Made Tsuba Contest 2023
francois2605 replied to C0D's topic in Tosogu
Wow, that's really excellent, Manuel. Definitely something to be proud of. Is the design yours or inspired from a specific school ? -
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.
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sword blades with special signatures and dates
francois2605 replied to Volker62's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
@Stephen Here: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9324-shichisei-hōkoku/#comment-94266 -
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.
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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.
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sword blades with special signatures and dates
francois2605 replied to Volker62's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
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.