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Righ now Aoi art has a much better Chiyozuru with better Koshirae up now. How much did you pay for that one ?

I doubt anyone can tell who made a mumei one anyway. To me, if the condition is great, the era sound about right and the blade speaks to me then yes.

I’m newbie too. I don’t focus on which era but I’m trying to learn the foundation all the basics. I’m more on the condition of any blade, if it’s healthy, no dmg I buy to study. Easier than focusing on specific era.

Its like people in Gold’s subreddit. They bought gold from eBay with a great discount 😆. I mean yeah thats a good deal right.

I love it at the first sign. So I made a phone call straight to Japan and I glad they have English speaking staff working at the time. So yeah. Thinking to get it NBTHK paper for it but its already has NPO paper ranking as Yushuto so not much to worry about, its a mumei at the end of the day. The thing that I love about it is its look so mean 😆.

I’m acquiring this blade at the moment. Will see what it’s like in person. It’s very beefy and healthy for its age.

The NPO NTHK paper said Yamato Shizu , yet on their own NPO NThK book they put the description as Shizu Saburo Kaneuji. I’m a bit confused as well. But despite the point, is NPO Yushu equivalent to Juyo ?.

Hi Erik. Thank you for your information. I got more info on this sword. NPO NTHK gave it Yushu Gatana award. Its attributed to Shizu Saburo Kaneuji .

This is what others told me. It’s a mixture of Soshu-Yamato Shizu and little bit of Mino.

I just googled it and it does look very close.

Sorry I forgot about this Nagasa : 71cm Sori: 1.2cm 元幅 : 3.5cm 元重 : 7.5cm 先幅 : 2.66cm 先重 : 5.2mm

Hi everyone, just got a photo of this blade. This is all I got. Base on the shape and size can we tell which one this blade more influenced on ?. By the way it’s an O-suriage, how do we know it’s originally a Tachi or Odachi ?. Thanks all.

I think your one and mine almost identical in geometric. This is the signature

Thats a beautiful one you got. Yes, I was surprised when it delivered to me. Its look so much better in person, everyone were saying Bishu Osafune Sukesada is bad, but I guess this beat it. I tried to take some more photos but please have a look. https://ibb.co/SDJ33HMP https://ibb.co/6cJ1w0mt https://ibb.co/n8wYXjX1 https://ibb.co/QF9R0HYr https://ibb.co/sdMDT0XH https://ibb.co/mg7CvSb https://ibb.co/ZCmVr44 https://ibb.co/F4F5wy4V https://ibb.co/Xk3sS7FD https://ibb.co/C36rXd51 https://ibb.co/353k58Vh https://ibb.co/xKMZLvdH https://ibb.co/Mxqh7Pw2 https://ibb.co/p67yY4RC https://ibb.co/Myn4Gh2v https://ibb.co/FbDS77yP It’s a solid blade, nagako appears ti be Ubu. Nagasa: 71.7cm Motohaba: 3.1cm Sakihaba: 2.0cm Motokasane: 0.8cm Sakikasane: 0.6cm Weight: 818 grams

My newbie eyes, its late Muromachi ?

I have another one coming, nagasa 75.6cm dated Tensho ( according to the paper ).

That will be save for my Juyo piece near future 😆

Finally received my sword. I tried to take some photo but still an amateur in this game. So far im still trying to learn the name for hamon and the hada. I think it would take sometime before I can identify them correctly. Nagasa : 71.7cm Sori : 2.2cm

My Sukesada is 1581. Gotta say its massive. Blade 71.7cm and sori 2.2. I think it will be based on the condition of the blade than the actual Mei.

Our humidity in Australia is very low especially where I live. Problem would be extra dry is equal more dust in the air. I think taking it out monthly to check is a good idea for now.

Thank you, just another question. For the nakago oiling. Some said no some said yes, but I believe it’s necessary to lightly oil it to prevent red rust. What is your recommendation for oiling the nakago ?

Okay, I bought one just then from ebay.

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Hi, I was just wondering is 3 in one oil safe for Japanese Blade ?. I don’t have access for o Choji oil so thinking of using this as an alternative.

Thats a lot of info, thank you Jussi. I did read a few last night, both seem to have lot of joint blade. Some said the 3rd finishing Kinmichi 2nd half finished blade, or made at the same time…But the date was really confusing sometimes from different sources. I will have to wait till the blade in my hand and do more study on them by then.