stevel48
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Any othe guesses? I can't match a smith at this point on the nihonto club mei database. I assume there are many undocumented smiths?
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Any othe guesses? I can't match a smith at this point on the nihonto club mei database.
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Nakago
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Will do. So far I have only 2 smiths with Ju yamato in their name. No sesshu though 城州住大和大掾藤原忠次 jōshū ju yamato daijō fujiwara tadatsugu Tadatsugu (1st gen) ID TAD258 Province Yamashiro Other Residence Echizen Era Shōhō (1644-1648) Active Period 1644-1648 And 城州住大和大掾藤原忠次 jōshū ju yamato daijō fujiwara tadatsugu Tadatsugu (2nd gen) ID TAD259 Province Yamashiro Era Kanbun (1661-1673) Active Period 1661-1673 School Shimosaka Teacher Tadatsugu Lineage Image / Interactive
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Chris. I value opinion so thanks for posting. Do you mean no kami could be daijo? I was wondering if the last two kanji Yamato or could they be daijo.
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Can't find a smith so far. Could Yamato be daijo instead?
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Could Yamato be daijo?
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No signature found for any Sesshu ju Yamato smiths so far. Any ideas?
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New better photos.
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Here are some shots. I'm still unsure about the mei.m I may go back and renegotiate the price. We'll see..especially if it not soshu.
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I had a chance to talk to David Hofhine and send photos. 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. Ss long as it is being polished, straightening is not a problem. Most blades I receive are not straight enough for polishing (ie. perfectly straight). Straightening can put some scuffs in the surface, but as long as it's being polished anyway, that is not a concern.
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Ha. You nailed it. I saw that as well but I did find some info here on Mr. Welch here before buying. People did know him and he was a collector but his opinions were his own. I can return it but I only have so much time to inspect it. The boards are my only help in deciding to keep this or not. I wasn't looking for a full polish ready to go nihonto. I like the restoration pieces that you can make your own.
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more photos. also has an opinion paper form George welch.
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I do. I will post them soon. Yes it will need new everything. I bought if for the blade. It is in poor gunto mounts now. It will be expensive in the end but everything else is secondary to the blade itself.
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Here it is. So I paid a grand for it. Suspected koto soshu but with a beautiful hamon and an excellent forge. Bad parts are many small chips on the ha, some pitting and this bend. Is it worth keeping? I bought it knowing the Polish would run 2k.
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Is it easy enough for an experienced polisher to do? Just picked up asuspected koto soshu katana for 1k that I knew would need a polish to remove some pitting and small chips. Just came in and there is a bend in it as well. Interested.to also know if the sword is worth keeping.
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Working on figuring this one out but it looks like province and title First -Bo, or So or maybe Bi Second -Shu Third -Ju Fourth -Daijo
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many thanks guys.
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good to know. I know nothing about the fakes or the manufactured stuff during ww2. The seller doesn't know much at all other than "it's a cut down sword and from Burma". the nakago looks really light in color for a tachi.....right.
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From a local seller but all I have right now are these photos sent to me. Gunto mounts. or or ikubi kisaki and it looks like a complete kijimomo nakago but appears to be sloppy/uneven. Looks to be mumei. What do you guys think? Ill probably go look at it. thanks
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so all this matches with a nagahiro with the same kanji from yamato 1440ish as well as a yamato senjuin 1330
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here is the note from Bob. Yes, the blade is signed Nagahiro. The temper looks like many Mino and has a feel of Yamato so I would think it is late Senjuin sword. It is from the Murormachi era and probably from the Kakichi period 1440. The hamon is a gunome with a little midare. The boshi is not jizo.
