nickm Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 Story goes I have found a sword for sale essentially hundreds of miles away for me and the fellow is hard to get pictures from so I managed one of the signature and and wondering if anyone can tell me anything they see prior to me taking a potentially worthless road trip.. As always thank you to anyone who has the time and hopefully can see something... Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 Is that the complete mei? Perhaps: 豊後守__大動 Bungo (no) kami __ Daidō Quote
Geraint Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 So! Road trip. Huh? Look forward to the results. All the best. Quote
nickm Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Posted January 9, 2019 jury is still out but looking that way.. Nature of the game I guess. Pressing for more pictures.. Quote
SteveM Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 My guess: 豊後守囗六助 Bungo-no-kami ? rokusuke But when I search for the above, or combinations of the above, I get no worthwhile hits. I really wonder if this sword is worth the several hundred miles road trip. If the seller is unable or unwilling to provide pictures, particularly of the hamon, I wouldn't bother with making such a trip when there are so many other swords out there. Edit: I think the 5th kanji is 大, as Ray said. So maybe 大助？Anyway, I still get no validation when I search on that. Quote
nickm Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Posted January 9, 2019 I've been thinking about it all day and basically agree with your sentiment Steve. I appreciate the assistance as always and think I will let this one go and keep on searching Quote
nickm Posted January 10, 2019 Author Report Posted January 10, 2019 finally got a few pics out of them.. still pressing for more.. Quote
nickm Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Posted January 11, 2019 Just got a few more pictures of the Mei.. And the blade. Wanted to post that for opinions before I moved on Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 11, 2019 Report Posted January 11, 2019 I would still lean towards this being 大動 (Daidō). Looks like a nice piece. Jihada may be a bit coarse near the habaki-moto (difficult to make out in the photo). Quote
nickm Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Posted January 11, 2019 I hope you are aware of how useful a fellow you are Ray. To tons of people on this forum you are very eliminating gentleman. Any idea as to age? 3 Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 11, 2019 Report Posted January 11, 2019 Hi Nick, please see attached. If this is the same smith, his working period would be around Kanbun 1661. Credit to Markus Sesko for this record. Any idea as to age? 1 Quote
Ganko Posted January 13, 2019 Report Posted January 13, 2019 You can find him listed in Hawleys as DAI 3. The fourth character is another form of ju. Hawley just calls it Shinto. Quote
SteveM Posted January 13, 2019 Report Posted January 13, 2019 I have my doubts 1. I can't find any variation of 住 that resembles the 4th kanji on this sword. http://glyphwiki.org/wiki/u4f4f-ue0100 2. 住 after 守 doesn't make any sense. Edit: 大動 (Daidō) is the most likely candidate so far, but the 4th kanji bothers me (what is it?, and does it help confirm Daidō), and the left part of 動 looks weird. But I have no better name to offer. There seem to be no examples of Daidō on the internet. If anybody has one, I'd be interested to have a look. Seems to be a slightly obscure smith. This is the long way of saying, I'm still scratching my head over this one. Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 13, 2019 Report Posted January 13, 2019 The TSUBA has obviously been "cleaned" and lost its patina and probably much of its value. Otherwise the KOSHIRAE looks nice and seems to be of good quality.I am a little careful in buying when I see that the owner puts a blade in wrong position (on the cutting edge!) on the stand. Makes me feel dodgy. Quote
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