Koto or shinto wakizashi?

[James]

My mistake... sorry!

[brillone]

No problem, its good that people write when they think that something fishy is going on.

Do anyone of you guys know how long the shipping takes with ems from usa to sweden or atleast europe? cause the sword i have bought was sent from the us on the 24 this month but the tracking number i have doesnt seem to have any info.

This make me suspicious

[Brian]

Joakim,

I thought the sword you bought was from Japan?

EMS usually takes about 5 working days, so about a week in total. The tracking number should show on the USPS website (2 letters, then 9 numbers followed by US) but won't track every step of the way usually. It should show as sent though.

Why from the USA?

 

Brian

[pcfarrar]

You should be able to track it every step of the way if you use your local delivery companies website. This website will give you your local delivery company.

 

http://www.track-trace.com/post

 

EMS from Japan to the UK can quite often take less than 3 days (assuming no customs interference).

[brillone]

Yeah its like this i bought the sword from kanetoyo who is in Japan but the sword i bought is a sword who earlier sold on ebay but the buyer changed his mind about it when he got the sword. So its the old buyer who lives in the us that is the one sending me the sword. I got the ems tracking today from kanetoyo and he said that the old buyer sent it the 24 and he also gave me EB517761398US cause its supposed to be the tracking number. But there is no information on it on there website so im starting to suspect that there is something wrong here.

I mean i dont think kanetoyo is trying to hustle me but this american guy can be the one trying to get his money back from kanetoyo and keeping the sword also. Something just seems wierd when the tracking number doesnt seem to exist.

[brillone]

Now i found this on the site peter linked

 

Label/Receipt Number: EB51 7761 398U S

Status: International Dispatch

 

Your item left the United States from ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS) at 12:59 PM on September 25, 2008. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later

 

So maybe everything is alright.

[Brian]

Jeez....is everything you do this complicated? :lol:

Good grief.

Anyways, with that info you just got, everything should be just fine. Phone your customs on Tues or Wed and they should tell you it is there.

 

Brian

[brillone]

Hahahaha actually when i do buy anyting there is usually problems haha especially when i buy electronic stuff i have only got onw thing that has worked when i bought it. My Tv was broke when i bought it this computer was broke also and my old dvd was broke a couple of my mobile phones have been broke also haha and all of them have been new from the store so i guess its just my luck.

I have learned to live with it now so when i buy like a new phone i open it thinking that maybe im lucky maybe it will start haha.

[brillone]

http://www.nihontocraft.com/Izumi_no_Kami_Kunisada_mei.html

 

I found some info here on nihontocraft is this the kunisada that made my sword?

 

I mean the mei on my sword is Kawachi Daijyo Fujiwara no Kunisada.

 

And as someone wrote earlier

 

KUNISADA KAWACHI NO DAIJÔ [KANBUN 1661 IWASHIRO] SHINTÔ CHÛSAKU

He was the tôshô of Aizu, his initial mei was KUNISADA [TN], and he died

in the last year of Kanbun (1673).

Signature: KAWACHI NO DAIJÔ KUNISADA

 

KUNISADA KAWACHI NO KAMI [JÔKYÔ 1684 IWASHIRO] SHINTÔ CHÛSAKU

He is called Furukawa Magodayu, and he died in Genroku Ninen (1689). (Wazamono)

Signature: KAWACHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISADA

 

Wich one of them could it be?

 

The mei has DAIJÔ in it but kanetoyo also wrote that he was called Furukawa Magodayu.

If antone could help me with this i will be really thankfull.

 

I have also bought my first book now its The Japanese sword by Kanzan Sato, hopefully i will have it in my mail this week.

[brillone]

Nobody who can help me with this?

And if i understood it right the book i bought is a good starter book?

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

No, Izumi no kami Kunisada is not the smith who made your sword (he was the father of Inoue Shinkai and lived in Settsu).

 

About your smith i can only say that says Fujishiro. Kawashi Daijo Fujiwara Kunisada should be the first Kunisada. He died in 1673 and he is not called Furukawa Magodayu. It seems Kanetoyo (who says he died in 1660) does not know very much on him.

[brillone]

Jacques D

 

That was what i thought also. To bad he is so hard finding info about.

[brillone]

I found some info on nihontoclubs website but this cant be the one either casue the death date doesnt seem to be right but i says first gen kunisada.

 

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN940

 

Then theres this one who is 2nd gen and hade the first one as a teacher.

http://

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN941

 

Man its so confusing haha

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

I found some info on nihontoclubs website but this cant be the one either casue the death date doesnt seem to be right but i says first gen kunisada.

 

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN940

 

Then theres this one who is 2nd gen and hade the first one as a teacher.

http://

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN941

 

Man its so confusing haha

 

 

There are Inoue Shinkai and his father, already quoted on Nihontocfrat's site.

[brillone]

ah ok thank you

[brillone]

I have the sword at home now i will make a new thread later with pics and so on. One thing tho is that the handle of the shirasaya seems to be really tight cause i couldnt get it off earlier today so hope fully i can get it off tonight.