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Hello,

              Does anyone know of a Japanese sword polisher that would consider working on a shin gunto?  I am looking for decent polishing,  not museum quality polishing.  This sword is for display only,  but i would like to make it look decent.   any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank you

 

Ken Kondell

Glendale, AZ

 

Dojo-cho

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Hello Kenneth,

 

I can't give you any names, although i'm sure many here have contacts with modern polishers in the west and Japan.

 

However, i can't think of any reason why one wouldn't want to take the job, accepting wait times, costs etc. Perhaps the top wouldn't but surely many others need work. Then again i know squat about gendai or showato but they're polished as well?

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When you say "Japanese sword polishers" do you mean "Japanese" sword polishers in Japan or "Japanese Sword" polishers? :dunno:  :rotfl:  Shin gunto are not allowed in Japan; they will be seized and destroyed as weapons. There are a number of persons in the US and Canada that can do good work.

PS I am the dojocho of Aikido Club of American Samoa. Shoot me a PM

PSS Please stop all renovation i.e. sanding with 220 grit at once! Some things should have their patina intact! Onegaishimasu.

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If it's a Gendaito, then one of the qualified or better US guys should be able to assist. If  Showato, that opens it up to a lot of experienced but maybe not fully Japanese-trained polishers.
But make sure which it is. Who is the smith? Didn't get a chance to translate the nakago.

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Hi Brian,

Hard to read but I think it says "Mino no Kami Minamoto Sadatsugu Saku"

Despite the noble title it certainly looks like a Seki WWII period mei (a bit hard to read), but I think it is by Takai Teijiro who was registered as a Seki guntosho on 11 April 1941.

Regards, 

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