brillone

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Thank you for your honesty Jacques D. Tho i havent seen any papered blade in the same price range 1000 us dollars. Here i have a blade that isnt gimei i know who the smith is and that he worked in the kanbun era. Sure it isnt in super quality but it isnt that bad to. I know poeple say that you can find nicer wakizashis in this price range but i havnt seen any, so it must be that you people have contacts that i dont. So im happy with what i got.

Thanks for the link peter i will try and make a similar one

Thanks for the replys guys and i really am thankfull that people are honest and dont just say nice blade when they actually dont think so. I am really happy with my buy. I really like the shape and the hamon. And yes i know that im supposed to be careful and i thought i was hehe but apperently not. Well i should have considered that it is a nihonto the sharpest cutters around, And thhis one isnt super sharp so i can just imagine how a newly polished is. :D

59 reads and not one comment Doesnt anyone got something to say about the blade?

I would be really happy if antone could translate the papers for me. http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/brillone/?action=view&current=DSC04932.jpg http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/brillone/?action=view&current=DSC04934.jpg

Well here it is tho i havent been able to get tha handle of the shirasaya off cause its so tight. The pictures isnt super, i took them pretty fast earlier today. So did i make a good deal in your opinion? Im realley satisfied. I have also had my first cut from it hahaha. It was when i was trying to get the handle of and i held a piece of cloth around the blade, apperantly i held it to hard casue the blade cut in to the finger just a little bit haha. If anyone can give me any info im really happy about it i will post the shinsa papers in translation section so lets just talk about the blade here. http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/brillone/

I have the sword at home now i will make a new thread later with pics and so on. One thing tho is that the handle of the shirasaya seems to be really tight cause i couldnt get it off earlier today so hope fully i can get it off tonight.

ah ok thank you

I found some info on nihontoclubs website but this cant be the one either casue the death date doesnt seem to be right but i says first gen kunisada. http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN940 Then theres this one who is 2nd gen and hade the first one as a teacher. http:// http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN941 Man its so confusing haha

Jacques D That was what i thought also. To bad he is so hard finding info about.

Nobody who can help me with this? And if i understood it right the book i bought is a good starter book?

http://www.nihontocraft.com/Izumi_no_Kami_Kunisada_mei.html I found some info here on nihontocraft is this the kunisada that made my sword? I mean the mei on my sword is Kawachi Daijyo Fujiwara no Kunisada. And as someone wrote earlier KUNISADA KAWACHI NO DAIJÔ [KANBUN 1661 IWASHIRO] SHINTÔ CHÛSAKU He was the tôshô of Aizu, his initial mei was KUNISADA [TN], and he died in the last year of Kanbun (1673). Signature: KAWACHI NO DAIJÔ KUNISADA KUNISADA KAWACHI NO KAMI [JÔKYÔ 1684 IWASHIRO] SHINTÔ CHÛSAKU He is called Furukawa Magodayu, and he died in Genroku Ninen (1689). (Wazamono) Signature: KAWACHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISADA Wich one of them could it be? The mei has DAIJÔ in it but kanetoyo also wrote that he was called Furukawa Magodayu. If antone could help me with this i will be really thankfull. I have also bought my first book now its The Japanese sword by Kanzan Sato, hopefully i will have it in my mail this week.

Hahahaha actually when i do buy anyting there is usually problems haha especially when i buy electronic stuff i have only got onw thing that has worked when i bought it. My Tv was broke when i bought it this computer was broke also and my old dvd was broke a couple of my mobile phones have been broke also haha and all of them have been new from the store so i guess its just my luck. I have learned to live with it now so when i buy like a new phone i open it thinking that maybe im lucky maybe it will start haha.

Now i found this on the site peter linked Label/Receipt Number: EB51 7761 398U S Status: International Dispatch Your item left the United States from ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS) at 12:59 PM on September 25, 2008. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later So maybe everything is alright.

Yeah its like this i bought the sword from kanetoyo who is in Japan but the sword i bought is a sword who earlier sold on ebay but the buyer changed his mind about it when he got the sword. So its the old buyer who lives in the us that is the one sending me the sword. I got the ems tracking today from kanetoyo and he said that the old buyer sent it the 24 and he also gave me EB517761398US cause its supposed to be the tracking number. But there is no information on it on there website so im starting to suspect that there is something wrong here. I mean i dont think kanetoyo is trying to hustle me but this american guy can be the one trying to get his money back from kanetoyo and keeping the sword also. Something just seems wierd when the tracking number doesnt seem to exist.

No problem, its good that people write when they think that something fishy is going on. Do anyone of you guys know how long the shipping takes with ems from usa to sweden or atleast europe? cause the sword i have bought was sent from the us on the 24 this month but the tracking number i have doesnt seem to have any info. This make me suspicious

Yes as Brian said i passed on it, so he listed it again.

Kan anybody give me tip of a good book with information about different smiths from shinto and koto era? Maybe a book where i can find info about Kunisada.

Thank you Peter all info is good info (most of the time hehe)

Then maybe there is some info in a book somebody has well i will do my best trying to get as much info i can about him.

I feel i did the right thing buying this sword and i will buy books, tho i have been looking for a sword for a year now so i know i did the right thing. Peter nice to hear you also had one of his blades. Later today i will go on the internet an hunt for information on him hopefully i will find some

Thanks brian hehe I have bought a tool set for taking care of the sword and i have looked on different sites to learn how to do it right. And as soon as i can get some more money i will invest in books. I gotta say i feel really god about this deal and sword i feel i did the right thing. Here is the sword i bought i know the hamon isnt as bright as on the other one but this has papers and i just have a better feeling about it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170265570164#ebayphotohosting

Heres an update. There have been a change of plans i got an offer from kanetoyo to buy a sword from him instead that has papers from nthk so i have done that deal instead cause i know he is a good guy. Hehehe this has been a very intersting 24 hours. And again guys thank you for all your help and comments.

Finally my internet at home is working again. He told me he lives in portsmouth and he has send me a second chance offer so i guess all seems good!? Anyone who can tell me if the signature is gimei or not?