Lionelb

Hi Lionel. Good blades are not for training. But this will be (hopefully) better explained by your Sensei on due time. Yes i know... i have a boken since a few years.. Thanks everybody for your answers, hope to speak with you again soon. Regards, Lionel

Hi Tom, yes i don't think it can be a faker but it seems clear that its not Masahide. But your right, what matter is the blade. Firts thing, it need to be polish and it seems to be expensive. A will discuss again with the seller, i can make an offer for 1000 E and no more for this blade, but i don't think we will got through the selling. It doesn't matter because i learnt a lot with it and i am now strongly decided to find a good blade and to practice sword fighting (i already practiced martial arts and sometimes sword fighting with european swords "medieval fighting") Regards, Lionel

What i don't understand is : how a blacksmith who wants to copy Masahide'Mei could use a wrong Kanji ? I have difficulties to admit that a Japanese blacksmith of the ealry 19tc century could make such a mistake, it seems to big. If the goal was to reproduce Masahide's mei, he could have made it correctly, no ?

Hi Eric, I found on the net Masahide' mei that are very différent from yours, so what to think ? Here's the links : http://www.nihonto.com.au/assets/images ... hide_1.jpg http://www.nihonto.com.au/assets/images ... ___5_1.jpg Regards, Lionel

I know but the seller absolutly know nothing about swords, it's a woman who had the sword by the son of an asiatic emperor in exile who died recently, so regards to history, everything is possible, the price is hasardous. Would it be possible that it's not Gimei but signature of a "disciple" of Masahide ? Regards, Lionel

Hi, I'm looking since few years to get an ancien Japonese sword. These last days, i have been presented a pretty nice sword which is dated from the early 19tc century and comes from an imperial family in Asia. The mei seems to be Suishinshi Mazahide. However, i am not a specialist and i don't know if its true mei or Gimei. The price asking is about 4000 Euros which seems high to me. The sword has some scratches and at least two pieces are missing, the little cloud to hand the handle and a element of decoration. I would like to have the opinion of the community. Sorry for my approximative english, i do my best. Regards, Lionel B Here are photos of the sword : http://picasaweb.google.fr/lionelbar75/ ... directlink