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What makes you think that the fuchi / kashira are Higo ?

The award for idiot of the year goes to...........

What i can see on the pictures is that the hamon end at the ha-machi ! It does not run into the nakago ! The nakago show the signs of a suriage , or better o-suriage ! If the Hamon is original to the suriage the hamon should run into the nakago! Sorry , I don't want to open a tin of worms here , but for me this is a old blade with a new yaki-ire , or better a saiha (rehardening) This is also a explanation for the unusual strong sori. If the man who make the saiha does not correct the shape of the old blade before the rehardening the sori become very strong like in this blade. It make no sense for me to give a kantei on saiha blade . This are just my two cent.......

And he is not the only one ! If there are buyers who pay for it ...........he did everything right. 👏

I copy this for 100% !

Dear Members of the NBTHK , I hope everyone is still healthy and had a nice Christmas, even under this unhappy circumstances. Please don't forget to send an answer to the last , in my opinion enjoyable, shijo kantei ! I had send my answer this morning.

Never buy a story............and I agree with Curran . This tsuba is a bad joke. With this in mind the price of this " Arrangement " is not acceptable.

Interesting to see that there was also a non Japanese polisher in the contest. Hendrik Lindelauf , does someone have more information about him ?

If the weather condition are good you need no Mikroskop to study snow crystals.

Send the answer right now!

Gentlemen, the next Kantei is waiting....... I send my answer this morning!

PM send...........

PM send.

Good work. It is a pleasure to make good pictures from a good blade in nice conditions. Shots of the details are the easy one..... Make the same quality picture of the complete blade is a different task.

Done !

Norikatsu was one of the better smith........ A close-up picture of the blade would be very helpful to see the Hada / Hamon. Only a signature does not make it easy to form an opinion whether a blade could be real or not.