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  1. Lewis B
    Could this extravagant pricing be an attempt to take advantage of the draconian shipping restrictions of nihonto into the UK? There must be non-savvy local buyers with deep pockets gagging to buy a Juyo or TH with a big name attribution. It will be interesting to see if these lots get any nibbles.
  2. Lewis B
    I can see the appeal. Appears Sadakatsu was aiming at Yamato Hosho utsushi with all that masame hada. Shame the boshi isn't clearer to be sure.
  3. Lewis B
    The Sadakatsu was also offered for sale at Sotheby's 18 months ago with a 20-30k estimate. Can't see if it sold. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-of-Japan/a-katana-signed-osaka-ju-gassan-sadakatsu-kinsaku
  4. Lewis B
    Correct https://japanesegallery.com/katana-signed-gassan-sadakatsu-taisho-era-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-rp01 Plus these https://japanesegallery.com/katana-signed-musashi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-rp04 https://japanesegallery.com/katana-signed-soshuju-tsunahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-rp02
  5. Lewis B
    That crossed my mind too. But I don't remember seeing a Den Kagemitsu in Utrecht. Den Chogi, yes.
  6. Lewis B
    JG Auction must think they're Bonhams
  7. Lewis B
    The Sadakatsu seems like the best deal of the bunch. Tanobe gave a nice writeup.
  8. Lewis B
    3x price hike in less than 2 years. Not a bad return. Beats gold and stocks. Now its 24milJPY without any paper upgrade. Nuts.
  9. Lewis B
    Should sail through Juyo but $150k is silly money even with Juyo.
  10. Lewis B
    Some nice looking swords. I especially like the Den Osafune Kagamitsu. But prices seem rather...... ambitious. Factor in VAT and 24% Buyers Premium....Ouch 16k sterling (thats at least 23k after fees etc) for a Fuyuhiro tanto and later generation too, is absolutely crazy. Or I had a stupendous buy with my 3rd gen Fuyuhiro yoroidoshi
  11. Lewis B
    What are the 2 -3 oval areas on the omote? Umegane?
  12. Lewis B
    Approx 300 yes's so far. Lets keep them coming and make this happen.
  13. Lewis B
    Yes
  14. Lewis B
    Issues logging in here from Germany this morning
  15. Lewis B
    As opposed to a gyuto or cow blade
  16. Lewis B
    Yes, its a wonderful blade showing so much activity. I would say Tanobe is offering a more positive reaction than is suggested by your translation, placing it more in the camp of a masterwork within the corpus of works attributed to this smith.
  17. Lewis B
    I saw this in Utrecht and its a very fine and healthy example of Kencho's work. Just look at that hataraki. And if you like bling, the tachi koshirae has it in spades. https://nihontowatch.com/?listing=549080&utm_source=nihontowatch&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=saved_search_alert&utm_content=listing
  18. Lewis B
    Normally I do, but comparing the two the .tif were noticeably better for showing fine detail in the hada as its a lossless format whilst jpeg uses lossy compression, resulting in a blurring of the image.
  19. Lewis B
    IMG_1551.tif
  20. Lewis B
    IMG_1549.tif IMG_1545.tif
  21. Lewis B
    IMG_1556.tif IMG_1546.tif
  22. Lewis B
    Some better images IMG_1550.tif IMG_1547.tiff
  23. Lewis B
    What a wonderful story of a swords discovery and restoration. Thanks for the update and photos after the recent polish. Sounds like our swords will be partners on the Shinsa journey in Sept. Wishing you a very successful outcome.
  24. Lewis B
    Pablo had not given permission to use the copyrighted images and description. The seller on Catawiki just copied and pasted his photos and description word for word. Just lazy and not cool without getting permission first.
  25. Lewis B
    First tsuba appears to depict a kozuchi hammer with offset eye.
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