Anyone?

[Stephen]

Pick up this Hiromasa?

142937549072 ebay no..ill give link when on LTop

If so please dont practice polish as suggested.

[Brian]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/S09-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Hiromasa-Katana-Project-Blade-67-7-CM-/142937549072?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137

[Stephen]

Tks just got home

[Stephen]

Well i have to take that back I dont think it was by Hiromasa. 

His current seller list

https://www.ebay.com/sch/komonjo/m.html?item=132893960145&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

i was looking for a Yoshimune teacher of Hiromasa 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/T763-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Yoshimune-Katana-Gendai-Blade-81-7-CM/132893960145?hash=item1ef118e7d1:g:aXwAAOSwnjZcGwKH:rk:2:pf:0

no way Jose. org pix of Hiromasa is gone.

Brian to note he died in 1950s so he cant have current mods.

check category....lol

 

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[Brian]

Amazing....the Tadahiro and the Yoshimune both have newly filed tangs, and amazingly similar hamon. What are the odds

[vajo]

They look not Japanese to me. 

 

The Tadahiro https://www.ebay.com/itm/T762-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Tadahiro-Katana-Gendai-Blade-74-0-CM/163441486083?hash=item260ddf2903:g:FuEAAOSwZbVcGwA8:rk:12:pf:0is the same sword only the Kanji are others. 

[eternal_newbie]

Aside from all the previous discussions about this seller and the blades they have on offer, "bare blade" is a key term here. Blades without a habaki and shirasaya/koshirae don't stay in good condition for very long - and blades worth keeping in good condition would have had those made for transport and storage. You can probably treat the mei on one of these the way you'd treat a "Kotetsu" or "Sukehiro" on a cookie-cutter kozuka - it's there for flavour, not attribution.

[Brian]

As far as I am concerned, most of these mystery swords are either:
a- Made in Japan surplus to the laws and signed spuriously to match existing torokusho and exported in bulk,
b- Made outside of Japan, maybe in Thailand, or ....

c- Existing unregistered swords, scrubbed of signatures (or mumei) and re-signed and exported in bulk.

What they aren't are Gendaito or Shinsakuto. And because the sale prices are sometimes low, making real Japanese-made swords unlikely, I vote for b.
 

[Bazza]

  On 12/21/2018 at 10:50 AM, Brian said:

As far as I am concerned, most of these mystery swords are either:

a) Made in Japan surplus to the laws and signed spuriously to match existing torokusho and exported in bulk,

B) Made outside of Japan, maybe in Thailand, or ....

c) Existing unregistered swords, scrubbed of signatures (or mumei) and re-signed and exported in bulk.

 

What they aren't are Gendaito or Shinsakuto. And because the sale prices are sometimes low, making real Japanese-made swords unlikely, I vote for b.

 

Brian,

 

Can you explain the emoticon/emoji in place of b)???  This happened to me on a PM and try as I might I just couldn't get rid of it, so I left it "as was" with an explanation that it wasn't supposed to be there.

 

BaZZa.

 

BaZZa.

[vajo]

The swords look well made, and the kanji are also well made chissled. I have no clue where they come from but i think they where made in china. I talk sometimes with a guy on ebay he made well looking swords. He offered them as simon lee swords. He said he could made every sword i want and he made the steel he called tamahagene by himself. He forged only 6 month a year. The rest of time he don't work and stay with his family. So if you want a sword from him what is not in stock you must wait several month to get it. I think this longuan guys were educated in the fabrications and learn how to do it. Then some of them work as freelancers. For iado and cutting these swords are very good but they had now a such high quality that you must look twice not to get blamed.

[Brian]

  On 12/21/2018 at 12:26 PM, Bazza said:

Brian,

 

Can you explain the emoticon/emoji in place of B)???  This happened to me on a PM and try as I might I just couldn't get rid of it, so I left it "as was" with an explanation that it wasn't supposed to be there.

All emoticons have a code. Unfortunately, the code for that one is B : without the space. So anytime you type that, you will get the emoticon.

I'll change the code for that one now, to make life simpler.

[Greg F]

Hi Chris, I have a sword made and polished from Simon Lee and its very nice considering its made in China but these look a little different to me unless its the lighing or someone else did the polishing on these. As far as China made blades go Simon Lee is definitely one of the best imo. He mentioned to me years ago that people were buying his blades and selling them as old Nihonto so who knowx maybe these are. It would be interesting to ask him.

 

Regards

 

Greg

[vajo]

Hi Greg. He said to me that the polish on the custom made swords are better, because the price is higher. Also with the fittings, he could make every fitting you want, not only that one from the catalogues. It allways depends on the price. For me it was not a option to buy such a sword, because when i pay $1500 Dollar or more for a chinese replica sword i get some true Nihonto. But for martial arts sports you get a outstanding weapon from him that looks very good.