stevel48
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Great. Are you offering them for sale? Thanks Steve
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Not perfect but just what I was looking for. Now to find armor related menuki and tsuba to complete look I am going for.
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I'll certainly post the result here.
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That's about the only option left. Luckily it goes off to NTHK after it's polish in Japan.
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Dead end in all languages. Thanks for the effort guys but no luck. Giving up at this point. I guess not all smiths are documented.
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Maybe but they aren't going to spend more than a few minutes with it and will likely not have all reference works necessary to check against. Your best bet is to do as I suggested and find reference signatures of all the smiths from Settsu with a Yamato no XX title. Seems there are only 6 or 7 possibilities... I did do that Chris but no matches found. One smith that I could not locate was motonobu. The search goes on. Should I buy Hawleys book?
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I looked but no equal stroke on the right side to from the roof. Hopefully the NTHK can Id it.
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The closest I have come so far but not the right province. Kanenobu - Mino 濃州住大和守兼信 yamato no kami kanenobu Tadatsugu - Yamashiro 城州住大和大掾藤原忠次jōshū ju yamato daijō fujiwara tadatsugu
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There are some close matches but noting exact so far. sesshu ju yamato no kami ( smiths Name)...would this read in English as: Govenor (smiths name) from settsu resident of yamato?
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I'm at a total dead end right now but I found this to be interesting: Kami and the expert title of Jo contain the 1 stroke of the next kanji seen above.
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no luck yet but I think the mei may be Yamato no kami because there is a first stroke of the next kanji visible that might align with kami.
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Here is what I have found so far Chris YAMATO-no-KAMI YOSHIMICHI(1) MAN-JI 1658 OSAKA SHINTO YOSHIMICHI(2) EN-PO 1673 OSAKA SHINTO YOSHIMICHI(3) GEN-ROKU 1688 OSAKA SHINTO MOTONOBU SHO-TOKU 1711 SETTSU SHINTO KUNIHIDE GEN-ROKU 1688 OSAKA SHINTO SUKEMASA TEI-KYO 1684 OSAKA YAMATO-no-SUKE MASAMITSU GEN-JI 1864 SETTSU SHIN-SHINTO MASATSUGU TEN-PO 1830 SETTSU SH
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No match yet. Still searching and reading. Should I be looking for a smith with the name beginning Sesshu ju yamato xxxx OR a smith with a name that begins with yamato no kami/daijo etc but signs sesshu ju yamato xxx?
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I know. Just look at the strokes. The count is wrong and it's all just odd. Shu and Ju are the only ones that make any sense. Yamato doesn't look like Yamato but daijo wouldn't make sense I guess. it wouldn't be the correct order to list province and then title.
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Only us on the boards, and 2 US polisher as well as Kunitaro. All with the same conclusion. Sesshu Ju Yamato. it's off to shinsa in April.
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George....your my new best friend. Very kind and generous of you to have done that for me Much appreciated Steve.
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I have a nihonto signed sesshu ju yamato (that's what the consensus is) but I cannot find information on him anywhere. I've tried the usual web resources like jssus and nihontoclub . What other resources could lead me to finding a match?
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Agreed. And it is those 2 that I am speaking to about this nihonto.
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I have. I've spoken to the polishers we all know here in the US and other than the pitting it is in good shape. The sword cost me nothing but the price of a polish for an early Shinto or late koto blade. One polisher said "That looks like a nice older blade in reasonably good condition. It should be completely restorable. That might even be a koto (old sword) period blade. Should be interesting." It has plenty of steel left for a polish, a beautiful hamon and no openings at all.
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My sword will go in for a polish but this deep pitting may not polish out. What are acceptable methods to fill the pitting? I heard red lacquer maybe. Forgive the ignorance but what about soft filler metal like lead before the polish? If left alone will it still paper? Thanks this is on the kissaki
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I struck a fair deal for the sword today so I have decided to keep i and see how it shakes sout after a polish.
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Well if I take it, have it repaired, polished and papered ...then and only then will I be sure.
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It looking like a possible match for. 城州住大和大掾藤原忠次 jōshū ju yamato daijō fujiwara tadatsugu
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It's looking like. 城州住大和大掾藤原忠次 jōshū ju yamato daijō fujiwara tadatsugu Nothing else matches with a shu ju yamato
