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  1. Toryu2020
    Looks like someone gussied up a muromachi piece, altered the nakago, added a mei and artificially aged it. Someone spent $3499 too much. mho -t
  2. Toryu2020
    掛け軸 or 掛軸 kakejiku You will find millions unless you search for 日本刀の図, or 日本刀の押型 or some variations of these. -t
  3. Toryu2020
    While I agree that the chip could be removed by a competent polisher I would leave it alone, part of the swords history. I think you have a nice offering here. First two kanji are a slogan 必勝 Hissho! Certain Victory! The artist is Kato Jumyo 加藤寿命 There should be plenty of good info online. -t
  4. Toryu2020
    Not a mon - Rain Dragon, very stylized... -t
  5. Toryu2020
    Do you have - The Samurai Sword by Yumoto? The Japanese Sword by Sato? Best start there if not, -t
  6. Toryu2020
    OK here's mine - early 1800s Swordmaker Manzai Tsugumitsu. A little light in an otherwise dreary winter... -t
  7. Toryu2020
    I am sure folks would love to see pictures of the blade. This is a well regarded school, you may have a very nice inheritance there... -t
  8. Toryu2020
    Mike definitely knows his stuff... -t
  9. Toryu2020
    Please ask the seller for the dimensions - I promise you this is no more than 50 cm high...
  10. Toryu2020
    I hope you know this is a Boys Day item... -t
  11. Toryu2020
    Ik denk dat met de beschikbaarheid van vrije en bekwame vertaalsoftware er geen behoefte is aan een regel die zich beperkt tot berichten die alleen in het Engels zijn. -t
  12. Toryu2020
    My advice is to study valid examples, not gimei... -t
  13. Toryu2020
    Greg - Thank kind of chippy disparate signature is more indicative of the Showa era, also a time when big names were put on blades to bolster the spirits of young men going off to war... -t
  14. Toryu2020
    There is a translation... http://www.ncjsc.org/ncjsc_publications.htm -t
  15. Toryu2020
    If you're concerned the blade has been switched ask the seller for exact measurements do these then match what is listed on the saya? -t
  16. Toryu2020
    I'd be inclined toward 重氏 Shigeuji... -t
  17. Toryu2020
    Try here... https://emuseum.nich.go.jp/detail?langId=ja&webView=&content_base_id=100189&content_part_id=0&content_pict_id=0 -t
  18. Toryu2020
    I mean people buy tons of the crap coming out of China, why not just tell people "these are fakes BUT they're Japanese " -t
  19. Toryu2020
    Kuyomon were used by many families - here are the kuyomon of the Hosokawa and Date respectively...
  20. Toryu2020
    Right you are Barry - it was the modern look to the menuki that struck me right away. Here are the backs -
  21. Toryu2020
    nfs - Kogai-naoshi Fuchi most likely by a later artist...
  22. Toryu2020
    more pics
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    More pics
  24. Toryu2020
    nfs - Sorry to tease! Papered to Ko-Goto published in the Mitokoromono book
  25. Toryu2020
    I prefer kakejiku of oshigata or sometimes Japanese castles... -t
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