Peter Bleed Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 The ecplise is starting but the postman just brought a long narrow box from a polisher. What should I attend to first? Peter 1 Quote
Red Sun Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 Combine the two surely - would be great to inspect activity using eclipse light! Quote
Vermithrax16 Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 "WHAT'S IN THE BOX?" Do the box! Quote
Akao Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 (don't forget yours glasses before opening the box) Quote
SAS Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 Use the sword to chase away the giant frog swallowing the sun! Quote
Peter Bleed Posted August 21, 2017 Author Report Posted August 21, 2017 Eclipse Schmeclipse! I squinted at the bright spot for a while but then I opened the box . . . And there I found a newly polished Sendai KANETSUGU. Mekugi had broken but the blade had no problems. I'll try to assemble some pictures and work up a treatment. For now I'll just say that but the blade is a special order - signed Oite Toto Senfu ji Minamoto Kanetsugu, and dated on the omote Ansei 2. It shows masame especially in the habuchi. This has to be the 5th generation of the Kumagaya family of smiths. I'm not sure what he was doing down in Edo in 1855, but those were heady times and Kanetsugu was a player in shinshinto time in Sendai. Peter 3 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted August 21, 2017 Report Posted August 21, 2017 Hope your eyes are okay if you squinted without the special glasses, Peter. Losing your retinas isn't much of a joke, although congrats on your new blade. Ken Quote
Peter Bleed Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Posted August 22, 2017 You guys are so literal. I did, of course, wear my NASA approved blinders, but what's the big deal? I decided to go into to look at the sword when we were looking at the crescent-shaped shadows that were being case by the last wedge of sun light. They looked to me like uchi-no-ke and I realized that I was not concentrating on the event! Peter 2 Quote
Wim V Posted August 24, 2017 Report Posted August 24, 2017 Sounds very interesting Peter! I would love to see some pictures of that blade. I have a wakizashi by this smith in my collection signed Seiryushi Kanetsugu and dated 1854. Best regards, Wim Quote
Peter Bleed Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Posted August 25, 2017 Wim, Thanks for your interest. Indeed the sword is a nice one and has given me good satisfaction. I'll try to get some pictures that i will share. Maybe you can post some images too! Peter Quote
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