I suspect faked patina and gimei...

[CurtisR]

Hello All,

 

An acquaintance bought this the other day at a low price, but the two pics he sent make me very suspicious (after his purchase). Possible to be suriage with partial mei removed, but the brass and work on the Tsuba seem suspect. I haven't translated yet, but the mei seems "sloppy" and not worn as the rest, and the Tsuba seems ok, but again, probably gendai? I have not seen "in hand" so am only guessing. Keep in mind that the table it rest on is WHITE.... hmmmmm.

 

If he made a great deal - awesome - but please fel free to give thoughts/opinions. These, sorry to say, are the only 2 he's sent so far.

 

Many thanks,

 

Curtis R.

[hxv]

Curtis,

 

It's not a great deal, no matter what the price was (unless it's free). The location of the nakago ana is a deal breaker!

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[CurtisR]

Agreed Hoanh - he tells me there are "2 nakago ana" but doesn't show me where...I told him "pretty suspicious!" but he never listens (or calls me before lol).

[Peter Bleed]

With the small pix you have provided, I would say this could be an interesting sword. The blade has been seriously shortened with the last kanji lost. Kane somebody. And the guard looks pretty good to me.

Peter

[Bazza]

I think the mei is SEKI JU KANE... I agree with Peter Bleed that this could be a nice (Mino?) sword, possibly Koto??

 

BaZZa.

[Kronos]

Could be nice but can't tell without good pictures. Maybe koto

[Surfson]

Assuming that it is katana mei, it looks like the nakago ji is more narrow. Usually during suriage the meat is taking off the nakago mune narrowing the nakago shinogi ji, so this is a bit odd (not sure I have the terminology exactly right here). I agree with the others that it looks a bit promising but at the same time is a little unusual and pictures with a more distant perspective are needed.

[CurtisR]

Thanks Robert - yea, I TELL him to send me more, but does he? Nooooo. I'm not terribly worried about it as it's not mine, but still think the tsuba WORK is o.k., it's just the brass...for this gentleman, I'm only going to go so far in exploring it but it just didn't seem right. Certainly not meaning to waste anyone's time here and so I thought I'd post my initial observations.

 

Ah well - on to other things and thanks for the info!

 

 

Curtis R.

[Brian]

Not brass..it's gold (nunome zogan?)

 

Brian

[CurtisR]

Ok then Brian lol ; I think I'll stick to reading more but as I said...never in-hand. Perhaps when he settles down I'll look it over and do my OWN photos!

 

 

Curtis R.