Old blade?

[SwordGuyJoe]

Any help with this one? It's tough to decipher...

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[SteveM]

Here 'tis

 

 

Bichu no kami, Tachibana Yasuhiro

 

備中守橘康廣

 

 

I think maybe the same smith that created the sword here http://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/09112.html

[Thekirsh]

Geeeez Joe

 

I think you've tapped into my ebay watchlist! :lol:

 

Simon

[SwordGuyJoe]

Here 'tis

 

 

Bichu no kami, Tachibana Yasuhiro

 

備中守橘康廣

 

 

I think maybe the same smith that created the sword here http://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/09112.html

 

As I don't have my Hawley's with me and I cannot read Japanese, how decent of a smith is he? To me anyway - and I could be missing something - the sword Steve linked looks lovely, but I could be missing something. Thanks.

 

Geeeez Joe

 

I think you've tapped into my ebay watchlist! :lol:

 

Simon

 

Well at least it lets me know that if someone else is looking at it, my taste isn't completely off. I wound up picking that sword up for $543! Seemed like a steel (pun intended in the mis-spelling) to me.

[SwordGuyJoe]

All,

I am now sitting at my desk and looking at Yasuhiro and there are four of them. I thought that is would be the 4th generation due to the fact that there is no kiku, but then found a 1st generation that did not have a Kiku. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Blade pics.zip

[SteveM]

Hi Joe,

 

This is definitely a question for the sword experts. Figuring out which generation of Yasuhiro this might be is a level of expertise that is way beyond me. But I think if you want to know which Yasuhiro this is, you would probably have to get pics closer to the sword to show some of the details of the blade. If you google Bichu Yasuhiro you can find a few Yasuhiro swords on the internet, and that might help also. Seems to be a fairly highly regarded name.

 

SteveM