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  1. M Ubertini

    Hirata

    No paper, bought it on its attributes. Shodai doesn’t always have a uniform tagane-mei. I’ve seen many pieces similar to this, but that’s not as important. It’s definitely much darker than its photos with a very reflective surface, probably from the urushi. Was in a US collection for a long time, I believe. I’ve been looking for one for some time, so got lucky. I was thinking second generation when I first saw it. Who knows.
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    Hirata

    Thanks for everyone’s opinion. Whether it’s a shodai or Nidai, love it. It had a slightly old repair on the rear. I hear the ste common with these types of mimi.
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    Hirata

    Hey all, Just picked up this nice Hirata school tsuba. Any thoughts to which generation? 7.62 x 7.14cm.
  4. Thanks!
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    Yamakichibei

    After looking for a YKB tsuba for a while, finally found something just perfect. I picked up this wonderful “Low-cross bar” YKB tsuba from Steve Waszak. Thought I’d share. About 7.1 x 6.7cm x 4mm. The tekkotsu and yakite are excellent.
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    Jifu?

    Hey all, Would this be considered jifu on a nambokucho Naoe Shizu blade? Haven’t studied this in a while.
  7. Hey all, Trying to translate this sagakagi. It says Shizu and something about the school of Masamune. Any help would be appreciated. While the attribution was for Shizu, it received Naoe Shizu from the NTHK. TIA
  8. Hey all, So recently picked up a Sue-Sa school katana from Ray which is lovely. What I’ve noticed which is different from many other nihonto I’ve owned is the proliferation of the Ji-nie/ara-nie concentrated in the monouchi area on the Ura and omote compared to the rest of the blade. Is this specific to the Sa school, do other schools do this or is this generally meant to have a harder cutting area compared to the rest of the blade? I’ve owned many sue-soshu nihonto but haven’t seen this in that style.
  9. Well. The hakogaki for one. Then the forging second. Then the design.
  10. Man on bridge?
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    Yagyu Design

    Hey all, i picked up this Yagyu tsuba with hakogaki from Sato Kanzan. I’m trying to understand the design. Any thoughts?
  12. Hi again, I'm posting a little different view of the mei in different light. Could it be Kanemoto? The tanto sugata is posted as well. Very tight itame mixed with masame toward the mune, nie deki. Seems soshu influence, so maybe early Mino? Slightly saki-zori leaning to muzori. Nakago is kiri. Boshi is jizo and hakkake. Thanks, Matt
  13. I'm Pretty sure the tanto is early Mino if that helps. Seems like last kanji consensus is "Moto"
  14. hmmm..what is this kanji?
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