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  1. Mark
    looks oil tempered to me, Showato not gendito
  2. Mark
    Sukenobu who lived in Mino province
  3. Mark
    thanks, i will probably take mine to the SF show and put it out for sale so if you are there stop at my table and check it out
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    looks like it starts out China so i do not think this is nihonto so i did not worth through the rest
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    I do not know if the mei is genuine, you could ask Mike i am sure he will let you know if the mei is gauranteed. But t o address the question about the yasuri -- the nakago has been shortened and when this was done the mei and yasuri were retained but the other side of the nakago was shaved to to reshape it so the yasuri and from when shortened not original. This practice is quite common
  6. Mark
    i have had a sword "un-chromed" the chrome came off but the sword was damaged as it had been sanded and roughed up before being chromed, the company that did the work for me said usually the item is sanded before being chromed to remove contaminants and to make the surface rougher so the chrome sticks well
  7. Mark
    the tang says Fukumoto Kamemune, there is a fair amount of info available about him on line. For learning kanji and translating i used the Kanji flashcards that Grey Doffin produced.
  8. Mark
    can't make out the first 2 but the maker looks like Norisada
  9. Mark
    they are usually assembly numbers, sometimes the same number is stamped (in English) on the tsuba and seppa. It is done when a sword is assembled in a "factory" and they have multiple swords and they need to keep the parts together
  10. Mark
    i have not used this site, but is there a way to contact the seller and ask him why it was relisted? If you want the item maybe you could work out a deal and pay a bit more than the #3 bidder (real bidder) but less than the top bid.
  11. Mark
    the mei side says Kao Isshin Mantetsu. maybe you can try to do the date. there is a lot of info on Mantetsu swords available on line
  12. Mark
    what are you looking for, NCO machine made, hand made, older blade, type of mounts? what is your target price?
  13. Mark
    I saw one some years back. It looked to be original not "put together"
  14. Mark
    kanetada is Dec 1944, the masanori is hard to see the month as the wting is poor, maybe oct 1944
  15. Mark
    no pictures, do not own the sword yet. owner thinks it is worth a lot and it has a very large and deep area of pitting in the temper (monouchi area) so i am not sure if it could even be polished. Just thought i would confirm what it says, it may not be an accuate attribution.
  16. Mark
    Thank you! I had looked in Aoe as the second kanji was Tsugu and thought Tsunetsugu may be close but the 2 small kanji looked nothing like Aoe to me so figured i was wrong. I appreciate the help
  17. Mark
    I am having a hard time with this. i can make out the second large kanji as Tsugu but and not sure the first kanji or the small kanji above and to the right. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
  18. Mark
    I live Ohio -- are you nearby?
  19. Mark
    can you post a picture? we can try
  20. Mark

    Leather Tsuba

    Mark replied to gtstcactus's topic in Tosogu

    i have a ShinShinto Tachi (original koshirae made for the blade) that has a leather tsuba. It is in poor condition like yours. I replaced the tsuba with an iron one but kept the leather tsuba so it can stay with the sword
  21. Mark
    the sword look fine, not repro. This type of mounts sometimes have decent gendai blades, like Nagamitsu etc. You can't see much of the blade in the pics and i would expect to see a hamon clearer as the condition is not too bad so i would be cautious, but it worth a look, it could be a lot better than a machine made gunto
  22. Mark
    ok, yes that was me.
  23. Mark
    I live near Toledo. I get up to Detroit occasionally.
  24. Mark
    Klaus i am sure you could work out something with one of us in the US and the seller could mail it to a US address, we could recieve it and forward it to you.
  25. Mark
    Awataguchi Omi (no) Kami Tadatsuna. Famous maker from late 1600's. There was a sword with this name that recently sold on eBay for several thousand. It is hard to be exact from just a small part of the tang, i would think caution would be best and move slowly until you know enough to decide what to do.
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