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SwordGuyJoe Grand Master

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Masamune is EXCELLENT, but I've struggled to see why his work is THAT much more than some his contemporaries. I also saw that Toshihide/Hideaki and while nice, a 1M yen starting price made me chuckle a little especially when the Mitsuoki they had on auction just sold for 500k yen - not "cheap" but I think I got a good deal ;)

 

The Toshihide makes me feel like the Wakizashi I have on consignment with Moses to be very fairly priced! (http://www.nihontoantiques.com/project/tanto-sword-fss-709/)

Jean

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Joe,

 

You surely are a bit severe in your judgement about Masamune who was surely excellent :) but I was talking about Masamine the ningen kokuho LOL.

w.y.chan Proficient

w.y.chan

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Masamune is EXCELLENT, but I've struggled to see why his work is THAT much more than some his contemporaries. I also saw that Toshihide/Hideaki and while nice, a 1M yen starting price made me chuckle a little especially when the Mitsuoki they had on auction just sold for 500k yen - not "cheap" but I think I got a good deal ;)

 

The Toshihide makes me feel like the Wakizashi I have on consignment with Moses to be very fairly priced! (http://www.nihontoantiques.com/project/tanto-sword-fss-709/)

 

 

I saw the Mitsuoki in Aoi. It was a prize winning sword at a wartime contest but surprisingly it was not josun length. Maybe length is not everything? Judging by the pictures the sword is the same quality as most other Mitsuoki blades that are similarly priced including those in gunto mounts. Having said that I think Mitsuoki blades are priced fairly low given his reputation and quality when compared to the likes of Nagamitsu and Emura blades.

 

This Kuniie was sold recently at under 600k yen and I think superior to the Toshihide mentioned or even the majority of the war era blades by the top smiths but again not josun

http://www.toukenkomachi.com/image/A021216-2.jpg

 

 

 

 

Wah

SwordGuyJoe Grand Master

SwordGuyJoe

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Joe,

 

You surely are a bit severe in your judgement about Masamune who was surely excellent :) but I was talking about Masamine the ningen kokuho LOL.

LOL! Auto-correct on my phone + Nihonto = Ridiculous!

 

Yeah, I never understood the draw to Masamune ;)

Ray Singer Grand Master

Ray Singer

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That Kuniie was a very, very nice gendaito. I may be mistaken, but my impression was that the price was influenced by what appears to be damage to and subsequent restoration of the nakago. It looks like the nakago was corroded at one point and the majority was resurfaced with new yasuri-mei (all but the uppermost portion of the nakago). A change in yasuri-mei, depth of mei, color, remnants of pitting, etc can be seen.

 

This Kuniie was sold recently at under 600k yen and I think superior to the Toshihide mentioned or even the majority of the war era blades by the top smiths but again not josun

http://www.toukenkomachi.com/image/A021216-2.jpg

 

 

 

 

Wah

w.y.chan Proficient

w.y.chan

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I thought the same too, at least from the photo. How necessary was that for a WW2 gendaito?

I remember some badly corroded gendaito had some rust removed on the tang by the polisher but new yasuri mei?

 

 

Wah

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