Show us your nice Gendai blades

[george trotter]

On 8/15/2021 at 9:09 AM, Bazza said:

Stefan,

 

Without checking I'm sure I remember seeing the portrait of SUKEHIRO in Ono's GENDAI TOKO MEIKAN...

 

Nice sword, beautiful nakago and mei.

 

BaZZa.

Hi Baz,

Yes I checked and Tomita Sukehiro info and picture is on page 78 of Gendai Toko Meikan.

 

Brandon san,

Sorry to butt in but I think it is a mistake to re-polish that Sukehiro.

IMO it is better to have a WWII blade in a high quality sashi-komi WWII polish with a few scratches than an "altered" WWII blade with one of these awful, historically inappropriate modern ha-dori polishes.

Sorry, I'll shut up now...

[reeder]

Hey George,  no worries.  I personally prefer to see the better stuff in fresh pro polish than rushed wartime polish and 75 years of neglect.  To each his own.  I still have plenty of excellent blades in wartime polish that I most likely won't have polished.  Just trying to get the special ones done. 

 

Here are 2 Yasunori (Top - 1940, Bottom - 1934) I had done, but both badly needed saving.  One had been used for martial arts by a previous owner for years and was quite beat up.  Seems a lot of the activity is lost in the heavy hadori in the top blade.  The activity in the bottom blade is much easier to see and enjoy.

[IJASWORDS]

George and Brandon both make valid points. Pictured are 2 YASUNORI swords, a Kajiyama and a Kotani, both in war time polish. As they are not rusted, pitted or scratched, a few stains don't really bother me. I have left them in war time polish in original mounts because to me, they are as much a part of military history, as they are Nihonto. Left as they are, the next owner can decide what to do with them, the option is always there. 

If they were abused, I would agree with Brandon and get them polished. 

But agreeing with George, I have seen some Keisho polishes that look so un-natural, the swords would have never been intended to be polished that way.  

[IJASWORDS]

A 1944 (Amatsu) MASAKIYO. At that time he was the head swordsmith for Izumo Seiko. This is a high-grade Gendaito example, signed "Yakumo Amatsu Masakiyo Saku", Yakumo is a village in Shimane Prefecture. 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Lovely Mei, grass script adds another level of quality to a fine sword.

[Kolekt-To]

Beautiful pieces Neil. Thank you for sharing!

[george trotter]

Yes, very nice Neil, thanks for sharing...and thanks for your and Brandon's comments on polish.

Gotta love the gendaito.

Regards,

[PNSSHOGUN]

A nice sword by Yamana Minamoto Tokiyoshi dated Meiji 1890 and specially made for Sagawa Akira. In good early Type 94 mounts with Sakura release button.

 

[MarcoUdin]

 

3 hours ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

A nice sword by Yamana Minamoto Tokiyoshi dated Meiji 1890 and specially made for Sagawa Akira. In good early Type 94 mounts with Sakura release button.

 

Very nice piece John, I wonder if it was originally made for Kyu gunto mounts given the time period.

[Michael 67]

some of you saw this Tsukamoto Okimsasa on another member many years ago.  I am happy that this beautiful sword has found its way to me.
 

Oite Fujita Shi (no) Tsukamoto Ikkansai Okimasa Saku. a lucky day in December 1942"

[Michael 67]

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[oli]

Hi Michael,

 

looks very long, how long is the nagasa? Nice Blade!

 

regards

Oli

[Michael 67]

Hi Oli,

 

Nagasa is 66,6 cm

 

 

[rancho]

Happy easter !!!

Its a pleasure for my eyes to see all that superb Gendaitos  you all have!!!

Thats give me the idea to post some pics of my humble Rinji Seishiki Nagamitsu 

Cant tell so much about Nagamitsu and never see a picture of him but like Neil said previously Nagamitsu was a sword maker for the Osaka army arsenal.....also i think that the kanji "Naga" have mostly 2 stroke but sometime 3 stroke and some said that with all that Nagamitsu blades found over the years Nagamitsu probably have some students who made and sign Nagamitsu and maybe this explain why some variation in the kanji "Naga"....defenitively Nagamitsu is a swordsmith that we dont know alot about and i hope that in  the futur we will discover more about him.....

[rancho]

[rancho]

8 minutes ago, rancho said:

Happy easter !!!

Its a pleasure for my eyes to see all that superb Gendaitos  you all have!!!

Thats give me the idea to post some pics of my humble Rinji Seishiki Nagamitsu 

Cant tell so much about Nagamitsu and never see a picture of him but like Neil said previously Nagamitsu was a sword maker for the Osaka army arsenal.....also i think that the kanji "Naga" have mostly 2 stroke but sometime 3 stroke and some said that with all that Nagamitsu blades found over the years Nagamitsu probably have some students who made and sign Nagamitsu and maybe this explain why some variation in the kanji "Naga"....defenitively Nagamitsu is a swordsmith that we dont know alot about and i hope that in  the futur we will discover more about him.....

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Eric - @rancho - Nagamitsu made some gorgeous blades.  Congrats on yours!

 

Thanks for the number, too.  I assume no date on the other side?

[Bruce Pennington]

Also, I have a " 阪1367" on file as one of yours, correct?  I double-checked and they are definitely not the same blade.

[Brian]

It matches well with the examples here: http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/naga.htm

Nice sword, some typical Nagamitsu features. Enjoy.

[rancho]

12 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Also, I have a " 阪1367" on file as one of yours, correct?  I double-checked and they are definitely not the same blade.

 Hi Bruce

I have one blade made by Nagamitsu and yes it is the same that you talk about but the pictures are in better luminosity and quality now........i think its a mistake in the number the corect number is 1867......look at this conversation we have earlier last year!!!

No worries😉

[Bruce Pennington]

Ok, after taking a close look at the staining about the "7" and a stain off the end of the saka stamp, I believe they are the same blade, and "1867".  I'll correct my charts.  Boy that '8' in the older photo sure looks different.

 

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[Michael 67]

Kurihara Akihide with dragon horimono by Akitada. 
 

Tanto

Kurihara Akihide saku
Keitei Iwakami Kinsaburō kun
Shōwa Jyūninen ichigatsu futsuka

[lucidorise]

Gendaito : Kurihara akihide . Made in showa 19 (1944) length : 63.3cm, sori :1.4cm

[lucidorise]

Gendaito: Tsukamoto Ikkansai Okimasa Saku , Kigen 2601 Nen 8 Gatsu Hi ( August 1941). Blade length :67.7cm , Sori: 1.7cm

[Bruno]

Nice one Ronnie

[lucidorise]

Hi Bruno,

 

Thanks. 

 

 

 

Regards 

Ronnie 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Two Akihide and an Okimasa, absolutely fantastic swords.

[oli]

My first Nihonto bought here,

 

regards

Oliver

[oli]

some more, still trying to improve my photoshootings skills (sorry) 

 

regards

Oli

[lucidorise]

Gendaito : Minamoto Yoshimune made in 1942, March