Gendaito record for Nobufusa?

[Stephen]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Japanese-W ... dZViewItem

 

we all have seen the high end gendaito, i think this must be a record for Nobufusa.

 

Seller has a Ken going off in a hour that may reach this price or higher. when its over we can talk about the smith.

[Stephen]

the Ken auciton, any comments on the mei?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=019

[Grey Doffin]

I was watching the ken: Noshu ju Kinju. The original Kinju was Masamune jutetsu (student of Masamune) and is considered the founder of Seki sword smithing. I was unable to find any reference to his signing like this; everything I saw was 2 character mei. My guess is a late Koto ken by a later generation.

Both the price for the ken and that for the Nobufusa are much more than I would have chanced. Wish I had customers like that.

Grey

[Jean]

My heart is bleeding :

 

"Dear User:

 

Unfortunately, access to this particular category or item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in your home country. Based on our discussions with concerned government agencies and eBay community members, we have taken these steps to reduce the chance of inappropriate items being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases this policy may prevent users from accessing items that do not violate the law. At this time, we are working on less restrictive alternatives. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay."

 

[Brian]

WTF?

Are you saying eBay has blocked you from viewing auctions based on your country of residence?

If so..that is taking censorship just a little bit too far!

Please elaborate on this a bit more, as this could be a huge issue. What if you are just browsing for info and research?

I suggest logging out of eBay, and using an anonymiser proxy to browse.

 

Brian

[Thierry BERNARD]

this ken is in WW II category ( Collectibles > Militaria > WW II (1939-45) > Original Period Items > Japan ) it's the reason

why we ( french Peoples ) can't see it. but in fact blocking is not base on our country of residence but ( i think so ) on

internet domain ( IP adress ) it's the reason why i can see it from work :lol: but not from home except with an anomyser software

[Jean]

It is what I thought - and connecting from work (naughty boy :D :D )

[Thierry BERNARD]

[Stephen]

here ya go Jean

 

sold for 6825+55shipping

 

you can see the size of the Ken in his hand, as Grey stated it was hard to run this down, not much in any of the books.

[Jean]

Thanks a lot Stephen

[pcfarrar]

we all have seen the high end gendaito, i think this must be a record for Nobufusa.

 

That's a very impressive price for a Nobufusa. I have a 8th generation Nobufusa katana in top quality gunto mounts. It has superb choji ashi and huge streaks of inazuma, one is over 10cm long!

I believe he made his own steel and experimented with mixing them?

[Stephen]

Peter

 

Id love to see some pix if you have time someday

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Some (bad) pictures of Mino Kinju (Kaneshige)

 

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

My heart is bleeding

 

So France can't see the sword but can purchase it and Italy can see the sword but can't purchase it ? (seller excludes Italy and Asia). WTH ?

[Stephen]

Anytime anyone wants something and is blocked by rules id be glad to help.

[Leatherdog]

I was watching this seller's group of swords pretty closely...what are everyone's thoughts on the other swords he had listed, especially the katana in shirasaya, the tanto, and the gendai Tadayoshi?

 

Hoping to hear more discussion on the ken as well...looked like a neat piece!