James Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Hi Guys Is this sword made by the famous wartime smith Toshihide? $1525 for a mounted Toshihide in good polish seems very cheap if it is a genuine, or is there something I'm missing here? Looks non-traditionally made but still... Quote
James Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Posted June 9, 2009 Oops, forgot the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... tsupported Quote
pcfarrar Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Gimei, look at the blade its a typical Seki Showato. Mei doesn't match Horii Toshihide at all. Quote
Guest nickn Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 far too expensive for an oil quenched showato Quote
huntershooter Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 The "Hori" and "Toshi" kanji are not even close (as Peter indicated). Quote
Brian Hancock Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Hi James, I have a gunto with the signature "Noshu ju Asai Toshihide" Not a lot of info on him but there is an oshigata on the web. No Seki or showa stamp on it. Cheers, Brian Quote
huntershooter Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 The blade in question is signed "Horii ToshiHide". Quote
Nobody Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 The blade is clearly signed Asai Toshihide (浅井敏秀), who was one of WWII Seki smiths. Quote
James Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Posted June 10, 2009 Ok that pretty much clears everything up. Thanks all Quote
huntershooter Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Thank you Koichi san. I assumed the first kanji to be an illegible (to me) "Hori". The second-"I" kanji threw me. Quote
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