A Thing Of Beauty....

[Surfson]

Hi Wah.  I bought the Kazuyuki with a friend in mine, and sold it to him.  He in turn had Mishina San polish it.  I will ask him if I can post photos.  He loves modern blades and I love older blades, and we keep an eye out for pieces the other might be interested in.  I also found him an absolutely mint Yasukuni blade as well as a very fine Minatogawa blade.  He found me an amazing Sokan, a Gassan tanto and a fabulous set of Edo koshirae.  So the answer is that yes, it was polished, but sadly it is no longer mine!

[w.y.chan]

He must be a very good friend. Looking forward to seeing photos of this if possible.

[Ray Singer]

For reference, there is a Ko-Uda Kunifusa (Norishige student) pictured below. The relationship to Norishige can be clearly seen. Also, an oshigata of a Norishige I own.

 

 

 

[Surfson]

Really lovely Ray!  This one has more nagare in it.  I just love that hada!  I hope to make it down to FL one of these days and hope to see it in person.  Are you coming to Chicago next year?  

[Ray Singer]

Looking very likely that I will make it there next year. I will also bring a Nobukuni (late Nambokucho) that you may want to compare with your recent purchase...

 

Really lovely Ray!  This one has more nagare in it.  I just love that hada!  I hope to make it down to FL one of these days and hope to see it in person.  Are you coming to Chicago next year?  

[Jean]

To come back to this sword, because of the kissaki, I will lean toward Uda

[TheGermanBastard]

Hello Bob, a very nice sword. Please let us know how it does at Sinsa. Also doy ou have any images prior to polishing?

[Surfson]

Will do Luis.  No photos before I sent it.  it was bent, had two sword strikes on the ha and the boshi wasn't visible.  Lots of risk, but it turned out very well.  

[Surfson]

I am told by Mishina San that it just received TH papers from NBTHK to Den Norishige, with a judgement from Etchu province during the Kamakura period.  I am a happy guy!  

[Ray Singer]

Congratulations! Couldn't be happier for you Bob. Now on to Juyo...

 

I am told by Mishina San that it just received TH papers from NBTHK to Den Norishige, with a judgement from Etchu province during the Kamakura period.  I am a happy guy!  

[Brian]

Awesome result, congrats!
Here's us, all collecting vicariously through others

[mywei]

What an attractive jihada! Can't believe I missed this thread earlier. Congrats - now onto Juyo shinsa in October!

[Curran]

Envy +1

[Surfson]

Thanks guys.  Can somebody tell me whether the use of the term Den has any particular meaning in this case, especially since they judged it as being kamakura?  Is that automatically the case on a osuriage blade that Den is used?  I'm sure there are earlier threads about this, so even a link would be helpful.  Cheers, Bob

[Ray Singer]

Bob, this should give exactly the info you are looking for.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20040613002048/http://togishi.com:80/Den%20article.htm

[Ray Singer]

More.

 

https://yuhindo.com/ha/den/

[Surfson]

Thanks Ray, both were very informative.  Cheers, Bob

[w.y.chan]

It looks like promising sword

[Surfson]

I realized that I never followed up on this thread.  Here is a sayagaki from Tanobe Sensei attributing to Gofukugo Norishige and stating that it is a masterpiece.  OMG!

[16k]

I envy everybody here!

 

You, Robert, for owning such a magnificent piece of art!

 

You guys, for displaying such a wonderful extent of knowledge!

 

I bow down before you!

[Surfson]

We look for these treasures as a team and do our best to find ones that are distressed and preserve them.  Hopefully this one will be cared for over many more centuries.  Thank you for sharing the adventure.