bcjm Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 Is this made by Ichihara Nagamitsu mentioned in here? http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/naga.htm http://www.ebay.com/itm/321203404705 Quote
bcjm Posted September 14, 2013 Author Report Posted September 14, 2013 Can you elaborate? The sword smith has good reputation. Thank you. "On May 20, 1984, a Nagamitsu blade was awarded Shinteisho origami by the NTHK(4). Nagamitsu blades have also received Hozon origami from the NBTHK in Japan (3). This attests to the high regard that these blades are currently getting in Japan and the fact that they are judged to be true gendaito. " Quote
cabowen Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 Well, for a start, the hamon seems lacking in activity. There are muneyaki patches that are clearly the result of clay falling off during hardening. Hard to say much about the forging as the polish and/or photos don't show any. Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 We all know who Nagamitsu is. He made some pretty decent blades, though I have to agree on this one. The best ones by him that I have seen (and owned for a while) are those with he go - "Ichiryushi". That said, I have purchased a Nobufusa and Chris' old Kawashima Tadayoshi from Jason (the eBay seller) and he is absolutely top notch. A very good guy! So if you are interested and decide to go with the sword, you can rest assured that you'll have a very smooth transaction. Edit: Nagamitsus blades were mainly valued for their cutting strength more than their artistic value. Quote
Drago Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 I noticed that blade as well. The signature is interesting! It is signed "Bizen Nagamitsu" - Rich Stein has no oshigata or even mention of this. Perhaps he could add this one to his site if the seller doesn't mind. Sig looks genuine from the strokes. Hamon seems a bit simple, but isn't it possible this is just from the photos? Quote
Bruno Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 It is very hard to find a Nagamitsu with nenki so this leads me to beleive those swords were produced quickly and in a large quantity. The smith did not took the time to add the date and this is not a sign of high quality. However I beleive Nagamitsu is a decent smith, the only one blade with date I saw from him was very nice. But seeing the large amount of his blades on the Internet I think a bit like Emura, they were more than a guy to make those swords. Quote
Jean Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 To be compared with Emura : http://www.aoijapan.com/katana-emura-saku-2 Quote
Stephen Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 Jeans example is what the Nagamitsu should look like, small choji hamon. The sword dont look bad it just dont look Nagamitsu, add the bad polish = us not being able to tell from the photos what we have. Agree with CB on the forging. Quote
cabowen Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 Nagamitsu was an average smith who made mostly average blades. I have seen a few that were above average, but mostly practical blades made for use with little of the finishing and quality in ji-ba that we see from the top tier smiths. Quote
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