Reinier Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 what do you guys think? can someone translate the hozon papers? A very good Japanese Sword Katana from the Jumyo school. The sword is in a good condition , housed in a new shirasya by John Tirado and has a nice silver habaki. The balde is 27,5 inches cutting edge (nagasa) and has a very graceful curve like the swords from the Heian Era. It has fumbari, large masame hada and a attractive tempered edge that has a trunback in the boshi. The kissaki is small. The blade is well preserved and has only minor stains (small and not numerous, a few surface scratches from the saya, no bends, cracks, rust, nicks or serious problems. It can be enjoyed as is. The nakago is ubu, has deep dark rust and one hole, unsigned. The sword comes with a nice silk bag and Hozon Papers from the NBTHK. Quote
John A Stuart Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 Hi Reinier, I would love to see the papers since I have a particular interest in Jumyo. John Quote
USMC-LCPL Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 Wow, it looks great! I bet it ran you a pretty penny. Or did you get a good deal? Quote
John A Stuart Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 Reinier, The papers attribute Kanenobu Ibelieve. How did you come to Jumyo? John Quote
Reinier Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Posted June 17, 2007 Reinier, The papers attribute Kanenobu Ibelieve. How did you come to Jumyo? John that's not my text john. that's the description added to the ebay auction. you're saying it's not jumyo? Quote
John A Stuart Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 Hi, No, there are so many Kanenobu smiths from Owari, Mino, Bizen and more that I was curious how the Jumyo connection was made. It does look typically Mino to me however. I shall investigate further with limited resources. I am hove to awaiting Coast Guard and have no references. Very interesting. John Quote
Brian Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 Hi Reinier, I was watching that one myself last night. Looks like a decent deal, especially with papers. I just deleted the old link...but may have been a forum member selling it? Brian Quote
Stephen Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 of his tsuba i wanted bad but did not sell a sword to have the money to bid on it.....here is the link for the sword, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Good-Japanese-S ... dZViewItem http://search-completed.ebay.co.uk/sear ... p=1&fsoo=1 seller sold some very nice items, go to compleated items to see what sold....back to the show. Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 "The blade is well preserved and has only minor stains (small and not numerous, a few surface scratches from the saya, no bends, cracks, rust, nicks or serious problems. It can be enjoyed as is." Sorry but... the tip ? Are my eyes tired ? Quote
Reinier Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Posted June 17, 2007 shiny objects out of focus will blur and appear double when a pictures is taken with flash. i think that's why the kissaki seems without a sharp point. atleast i hope so. Quote
Curran Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 I saw these auctions. Canadian seller. I noticed because there was a tsuba supposedly with Tokubetsu Hozon papers. I'd seen it (or its twin) before and wondered if it was the same one (now with the papers). Anyway, I didn't see how much the tsuba sold for... I'd passed on it once long ago and was surpised someone had gone to the expense of T.H.ing it. Anyway, last I checked- it was selling for the price of the papers. I saw that "Jumyo" with the Kanenobu papers and wondered who the heck the seller was that they didn't bother to look at the papers. But otherwise looked like a good papered sword at a very good price. The only thing that made me wonder about the auction was the kissaki. I didn't know if it was a photography issue, or if the NBTHK would actually paper that sword with a broken kissaki. Looks like a nice sword. He mentioned Benson in one of his auctions. Maybe he got his wires crossed about what Benson told him about the papers. How much did his Shikkake wak go for? Quote
Stephen Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Very-Good-Japan ... dZViewItem Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted June 17, 2007 Report Posted June 17, 2007 I wondered who outbid me on that blade. Looks pretty nice, Reinier. Congrats. Quote
Stephen Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 the tsuba that i wanted to get a bid of 600 on but alas the pocket said no,,,,any board member get this?? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/An-Important-Japa ... dZViewItem Quote
Martin Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Hi Stephen, the winner of the Tsuba auction is from Germany and periodically sells Nihonto on ebay. I don´t know if he is a member of this board. But that Tsuba was listed somewhere else before... http://www.ricecracker.com/japanese_swo ... e2.htm#T-6 cheers, Quote
Stephen Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Marty looks like he took bit of a loss, at first i did not think it was the same one but the photo angle was trowing me off the marks on the plugs are the same, with luck it will come back on and ill get it at a lower price Quote
Reinier Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Posted June 18, 2007 he probably made a substantial loss on all items. Quote
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