Bugyotsuji Posted July 7, 2020 Report Posted July 7, 2020 Just spotted this today, for a statement of excellence and exclusivity. When a top modern smith and a top modern engraver come together to recreate a fabled blade.
Open_market Posted July 8, 2020 Report Posted July 8, 2020 Wow. Would love to see some more detailed photos.
Bugyotsuji Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Posted July 8, 2020 Rick, unfortunately it was in a shiny case, in a shiny, reflective place. These are all I could manage.
Bugyotsuji Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Posted July 8, 2020 優秀賞作品 Katayama (Shigetsune) San won the Award for Excellence for this dragon To-shinbori in the NBTHK Heisei 29 Gendai-to artisans exhibition. (2017)
Jacques Posted July 8, 2020 Report Posted July 8, 2020 For these who want to compare with the original : https://kougetsudo.info/nihongo/
Bugyotsuji Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Posted July 9, 2020 ￥6,000,000 did you say? What's that in USD? P.S. 刀身彫り To-shin-bori, is the artisan's skill of engraving, carving designs into blades.
Bugyotsuji Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Posted July 10, 2020 Actually, to be fair, I did ask, and they were ideally wanting around 5 million JPY.
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