Robert Mormile Posted January 10, 2014 Report Posted January 10, 2014 Fellow Members: A friend of mine produced these poor images. This sword is still in the hands of the son of the veteran who brought it home from the war. I believe the signature reads: Sakai Jyu Kanefuji Saku (境住兼藤作) I personally held the sword about 10 years ago. What I can remember is that the nakago has a fair bit of sori and the blade overall is rather koshi-zori. The hamon is suguha and there is ji-nie. Nagasa is about 26 inches. Army mounts. As we can see, the nakago is marked with a star. The blade is dated July of 1942. This smith has received Hozon Papers from the NBTHK in the past: http://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/10114.html My questions are: Is he listed in some kind of gendaito taikan? Is the fact that his gendaito work is uncommon make it more or less desirable to collectors? Can anyone provide additional information on this smith? Thanks for your collective input. Sincerely, Robert Quote
Robert Mormile Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Posted January 10, 2014 Fellow Members: One final apology. As you can see, the photos of a photo of a photo. The original format of the photos were 2M. I resized them down to about 300k but for some reason could not upload them. The NMB interface said that they were 0 pixels x 0 pixels. In order to load the photos onto NMB I took photos of my computer screen. If anyone would like the higher resolution 2M photos just send me a PM. Thank you. Robert Quote
george trotter Posted January 10, 2014 Report Posted January 10, 2014 He is listed as Fujii Kanefuji in Rich Stein's site on RJT smiths. He is also listed in Jinsoo Kims Seki Kaji list (which includes top traditional smiths also, not just Seki gunto kaji) as Fujii Torao (?) who was registered as Kanefuji, a smith, at Seki on July 22 1940. Listed in the Nihonto Meikan p.179 but it does not say any more than that above, name, RJT, Seki. Regards, Quote
Robert Mormile Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Posted January 10, 2014 George: Thanks for the feedback. I didn’t think to look in the Nihonto Meikan, I will check it tonight. What I am curious about is if they use the 境 character for Sakai. Robert Quote
k morita Posted January 11, 2014 Report Posted January 11, 2014 Robert san, The signature of your sword is "Seki-ju Kanefuji saku", not Sakai. Quote
Robert Mormile Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Posted January 12, 2014 Mr. Morita: Thanks very much for your help. I wish these kaji would add furigana! (just kidding) I sincerely appreciate it. Robert Quote
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