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Wow, what a piece of art... must be the best sword I've ever seen Wonderful hamon and a well shaped kissaki, or maybe not

I have seen these blades before (and the papers with them). Chinese made blades from Lonquan or something like that. Quality level like

I couldn't agree more Brian so thanks gents for pushing it up over my monthly budget Regards,

I don't think for one second that when Ford said modern he meant that it was made in the last 20 years. And please gents, don't throw tomatos on each other all the time. There has been some nice inputs here so it would be great if it could continue in that direction. Regards,

Hello Brian! Perhaps the Tegai school like Ted wrote above Best regards,

thanks m8.. ur link tab changed my mind i guess.. i am thinking of buying from esho pin EU what about this site? http://www.tokensugita.com/ is it secure to buy from there?? (also inderested in aoi-art) Hi George! I haven't bought anything from there myself but a friend of mine has and he was pleased with them. Regards, John

Hi Joe! Huge thanks for the information! Best regards,

Hello Vaidas! The pictures aren't the greatest but it seems to have activitys in it. Regards,

Hello! Here are the pics, very hard to see with your own eyes but the camera did a pretty good job. Regards,

Hi Steve! I'm gonna try to take some close up pictures tomorrow. Regards,

Ted, Brian - thanks for your replies. From what I can see it looks like a Seki stamp. And for what I know Munetada was a low/middle grade Seki smith but that is unfortunately all I know. Thanks,

Hello gents! I was wondering if anyone has information about if it is any "standard" size of a Seki stamp? Why I'm wondering is because I have a blade by Munetada and it has the Seki stamp but it is so very small so you can barely see it, it almost looks hidden in the yasurime I have read that they sometimes made these small ones so they easily could been removed later on. The blade itself has an interseting sugata with an 2.6cm torii zori, nagasa is 67cm. A hamon with many tobiyaki. Thanks in advance,

I have too say that the Koi on the picture one is absolute stunning, and it's hole envoriment

Nope! Looks not too old and not well cared of

Thank you Jacques Regards

May I ask which book this is and also if anyone have some information on Munetada, a Seki smith. Thanks

The most funny this monday

Hi Brett! Everything, it's chinese. You can bring up the blade, the mei, the yasurime, the fittings, the ito on the tsuka, and many many more. I hope everything turns out well for you in the end. Regards,

Thanks for your replies guys, I really appriciate it Regards,

Hello gentlemens! A friend of mine got this iron tsuba with a sword he bought and asked me for assistance but I'm not able to help him with that. Made of iron and has some kind of lacquer on it. I have a strange feeling about it so my question is shall he keep it or is it a repro/fake? Thanks in advance! Regards,

Maybe wrong but I think fake, at least from that picture

Hi Joe! I'm not a photographer in anyway but try many different angels and use the light as much as possible. A good angle in a dark enviroment with a good flash can sometimes reveal much.

I agree with you Jean and Jacques, the jiri seems kind of strange also

Lovely kanesada John

What I called "Meiji boys" were the (mostly) western foreigners, who invaded Japan during later 19th century and didn't have a clue. Some of them traded "masterpieces" for "glass beads". At least, that's what they told their customers in the west. This kind of business is still going on, BTW. reinhard Thanks for the info Reinhard, Regards