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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

The steel in the nakago area is not quenched and the temperature is also significantly lower compared to the part of the blade where the edge is created after quenching.

In general, things like making habaki and making new shirasaya are time-consuming Each product is made by a specialist and they certainly have work they took on before yours, so yours is in the queue Be patient Making habaki and then shirasaya can take a year or more

The blade is very tired Also, it's more of an early Muromachi than a Nanbokucho blade You can buy also good blades at AOI if you understand what you're looking at

Yes - the Sue-Aoe terminology was probably confusing Because Sue-Aoe generally begins around the mid-14th century I generally thought the decline of the Aoe school was at the end of the Nanbokucho or the beginning of the Muromachi Also, Jussi's extensive database does not contain AOE blades younger than early Muromachi The blades you are talking about are papered for Aoe and a period younger than the beginning of the Muromachi??

The conversion can be done very easily using a calculator that every mobile phone has today Let's say blade 2 shaku 4 sun 7 bun use 30.3 x 247 and in the result you will move the decimal point by two places

Thanks Kirill for sharing the photos I admit that I am not able to see any ko-nie in your third photo either. However, there are obvious clusters that form nezumi-ashi and saka-ashi The local nijuba and as if shirake utsuri in the Eirakudo photo are consistent with the Enju call. However, not with the Enju from the late Muromachi period that NTHK defines. I would not expect Enju for this period to have such activity inside the hamon Also, the AOE call ( Sue-Aoe) would be fine for a nioi oriented hamon with nezumi-ashi/saka-ashi and shirake utsuri (I assume the utsuri is very subdued in the hand) but it also contradicts the Late Muromachi Does the Sugata blade support the NTHK estimate?

No worries Kirill I was just wondering We both know of two blades that have passed from this seller and their photos are a bit "highlighted" compared to reality