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The Kajiyama Yasutoku tanto is a fake one

Yes but might be gimei (fake/copied signature) During World War II, many soldiers used their "family blade" (older than WWII blade) to go to war with gunto mounts or civilian mounts. But the tachi koshirae of you is not a none of any gunto mount. So it just might be a blade that was preserved with a meiji tachi koshirae

水心子正次 + KAO stamp : suishinshi masatsugu

Signed Suishinshi Masatsugu, can you show full nakago (tang) shape ?

Hello Julian, This looks like a nice tachi koshirae Maybe you can show us more ?

More infos here, not much about him Another exemple : https://www.nipponto.co.jp/swords8/NT331993.htm?

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Interesting thanks Hope it wasn't to expensive when you add buyer's premium, shipping fees, and probably custom fees ? + Polishing... Not sure if its really worth but I hope youll enjoy when it comes back btw that menuki looks really nice

Marcin you won the auction ? Congrats its the first time I see that mei but Emura had plenty so I think its hard to know if he made it himself. Also, its the first time I see an Emura blade with a bo-hi Will you get it polished ?

You must be lucky... ahah

Has anyone who purshased from ringringdo.com received news from them other than the confirmation mail ? 14 days here without any news

I think I found what I was looking for. This katana by Kotani Yasunori, in October 1935 is recorded as his third blade he made at the Yasukuni Shrine— according Kotani's daughter the first went to the Shōwa Emperor, the second to the Imperial Household. It was owned by Kudo Haruto, chairman of the Yasuki Steel Company and one of the founders of the Nihontō Tanren Kai. In the 1990s, it was polished by Okisato Fujishiro, and Yasunori himself added a saya-gaki to the blade. It was later exhibited at the 60th anniversary Yasukuni exhibition and comes with extensive documentation and a 1997 NTHK paper. The seller has all the papers including all exchanged letters from Kotani San and the togishi. Nice story! Link : https://www.nihontocraft.com/Kotani_Yasunori_Tachi.html?

You are a great professional Julien. Thank you for this

Hi Julien, Can I ask how you did estimate this fake Yasunobu as a real one ? 6k€ for a chinese fake ? https://www.catawiki.com/fr/l/95650532-katana-gendaito-handachi-yasunobu-334k8-showa-16e-1941-tokyo-japon Im not trying to be rude just asking.

This is a blade from Kotani Yasunori, signed Takenori for the blades he smithed out of the yasukuni shrine. Showa 15 = 1940 (december) 1000$ is really nice for this blade. Would of course need a full polish but I think it would be a great investment If you don't want to keep im sure people will make you offers !

Showa 13, 12th month. december 1938 It looks very good to me. Maybe you can share better photos of the blade ?

Oh that is yours ? Congratulations ! Maybe you can share photos of the blade and koshirae so can see better than on ohmura site. Thank you for sharing.

catawiki's experts are a joke Estimate € 6 100 - € 6 800 Ahah yea sure

Oh you mean the smith, its Kotani Yasunori (yasukuni-jinja smith)

No sorry maybe if you contact aoi they will tell ?

https://imgur.com/a/7Cuq5YM enjoy ahah

From France here, I had to pay 1200€ of custom fees for a sword from AOI Art which was 20% of the price I paid

Kotani Yasunori 1936

Hello Volker Do you have any links to read Mr Han Bing Siong's work ?. I have already seen that you posted 3 pages of it discussing about which he considered the best among Yasukuni smiths, but if you have the full thing, or any way to buy it please tell us.