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Just look at the many items from the Juyo sessions from the 70s and it is quite obvious that the judges were "lenient" Okay - it's 50 years and some pieces may have changed over that long period with repeated polishing... But certainly not that much Pablo is a businessman - information from them should always be taken with a grain of salt

Well - I think the number of sayagaki from Tanobe-sensei will be in the thousands rather than hundreds The number from Dr. Honma ( Kunzan ) will probably be higher too when we look at Markus' Kanto HibiSho books.

The basis of understanding is knowledge - not listening to other people's opinions and recommendations Comparing average things is a bit of nonsense There have been and always will be plenty of average things In anything you can think of In Edo you probably won't have access to the same quality material as in early Kamakura The same problem exists today We have the most modern equipment and technology And yet we are unable to make a sword with the metallurgical quality of the Kamakura swords But first you have to have the ability to study such swords and understand what you are looking at

I think the 3-piece limit per import also applies to postal parcels For postal shipping I recommend using EMS You can contact Paul Kremers at tsuba.info@gmail.com

Yes - it could be this blade, because the seller is the same

First of all - no one should buy nihonto as an investment If you want to invest then buy SP500, BRK or something similar However I will give just one example that I heard from Darcy because at that time I was not in this hobby yet In 2012 the USD/Yen exchange rate was 1:80 approximately There was a great TokuJu Yukimitsu for 10mil Yen (125k USD) There were two TokuJu Yukimitsu at the last DTI. One average for 27mil and one supposedly great (I did not have a chance to see this blade) for 36mil Over the last 4-5 years the prices of top blades have increased significantly

TH papers are paradoxically from August 2024

Congrats Sky! That looks like a really nice sword and decent quality photos too

1.100 EUR + postage

Reduced prices for remaining books Gokaden no Tabi by Tanobe Michihiro: set of 3 books - Yamato Den, Yamashiro Den, Bizen Den ... 90 EUR ... 60 EUR Supreme sword country Bizen ... 60 EUR ... 50 EUR Kotetsu and Kiyomaro ... 90 EUR ... 70 EUR + shipping cost Sent from Slovakia

At last year's exhibition at the Shusui Museum of Art in Toyama there were 3 blades with the Yoshihiro attribution The photos are not the best, the blades follow each other in a rightward motion https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/12422673/496973394

Atsuta Jingu Kokuho/JuBun sold

Masamune sold

I have a few books for sale Gokaden no Tabi by Tanobe Michihiro: set of 3 books - Yamato Den, Yamashiro Den, Bizen Den ... 90 EUR Atsuta Jingu Kokuho/JuBun full size oshigata ... 40 EUR Supreme sword country Bizen ... 60 EUR Kotetsu and Kiyomaro ... 90 EUR Special exhibition "The Japanese sword Iron Craftsmanship and the Warrior Spirit" 1997 TNM ... 120 EUR Masamune no Sono Ichimon 1961 (undoubtedly the best Masamune exhibition) ... 160 EUR + shipping cost Sent from Slovakia

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... and a video of this Tanto https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/14112229/575663890

Your arrogance is unfounded I think the question is appropriate - have you ever participated in Juyo Shinsa? It is enough to have access to information about the blades that have passed Juyo Anyone who buys Juyo Zufu can get them And be able to work with them

Jacques - it doesn't matter who your mentor is What you said - "Only the artistic value of a sword is taken into account when assigning a juyo" - is simply not true Zaimei, nengo, ubu, denrai, origami from a respected Honami... all of these have a positive impact on passing Juyo even if the artistic level is not great

Often times, they are unicorns that are the only known blade of a given swordsmith at Juyo level (and rarity also increases the chance of getting Juyo). Nihontoclub contains over 12,000 swordsmiths, but for Juyo and above there are less than 500 And of these, more than a third are not recorded in Nihontoclub (or I can't identify them)

The topic of how to photograph Nihonto appears here regularly Here you will find a few posts on the subject of how to photograph Nihonto All you need: macro lens with manual focus at least an APS-C sensor in the body (FF is ideal) tripod remote shutter release for the camera several light sources ... and above all a lot of patience I am attaching a few photos of kissaki

Personally, I think that what appears to be a crystalline structure of steel in the photos is actually caused by the software of the hardware (I think the mobile phone) that took the photos However, I couldn't find any data on the HW. so it's just a guess

We are compatriots, that's why he accepted my order Basically all his customers are Japanese

Here are examples of three different blades polished by gaijin BTW - the waiting period is over 2 years for his work

Andrew is fully trained in Japan. I also know of two togishi who work in Japan and are foreigners.

... and the blade passed through Juyo and immediately after that also Tokubetsu Juyo