paul griff Posted June 19, 2024 Author Report Posted June 19, 2024 Hello Volker, on the scabbard throat has the number ,nothing on the ashi….Some photos of the blade for you Carl.. Regards, Paul. 1 Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted June 19, 2024 Report Posted June 19, 2024 On 6/17/2024 at 11:28 AM, BANGBANGSAN said: The mei looks like 靖德(Yasunori) Expand 靖憲 instead of 靖德,typo 1 Quote
reeder Posted June 20, 2024 Report Posted June 20, 2024 Congrats! From the Yasukuni blades I’ve seen, both Yasunori smiths made nicer and more interesting blades compared to the other Yasukuni smiths. 1 Quote
Brendan campbell Posted June 20, 2024 Report Posted June 20, 2024 Well done , on your find Paul. There were a few collectors there Sunday. Nice to see you found it and not one of the normal Japanese sword dealers . I’m sure had he still been alive Peter york would have had it before the doors were open . Congratulations . I think we met there last year. Brendan . 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 indeed Reeder the two "Yasunori" actually make very attractive blades, but kajiyama Yasutoshi (son of Yasutoku) is also in the top of this league 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 Ajiki Yasyoshi not to forgive very rare but also very attractive utsushi 1 Quote
paul griff Posted June 21, 2024 Author Report Posted June 21, 2024 Thank you Brandon and yes I remember meeting you Brendan, hope all is well..There were quite a few nice items at that particular show and not so crowded on early entry…The dealer who was selling it just wasn’t particularly interested in Japanese swords said he bought them off a chap who didn’t want them anymore and paid a lot more for them…My only mistake was not buying the others ! Regards, Paul.. Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 on Imura Kashu ranking list Kajiyama Yasutoshi's rank is on number 7 surprisingly before all other's 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 Another ranking of Yasukuni Tosho. http://www.jp-sword....kuni/yasukunito.html 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 maybe this makes things about Yasukuni clearer? a great collector here in europe and real expert once researched it. thank you Han Bing Siong 2 1 Quote
Brendan campbell Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 This is a great read, well done for putting it on the site. I’m pleased to see I have a Sadashige just polished, in lida naval fittings and Norisada again new fresh polish. They have both turned out fantastic, I had a second Norisada , polished which I used in a deal for the Sadashige. 2 Quote
paul griff Posted June 21, 2024 Author Report Posted June 21, 2024 Excellent information in these posts..Thank you.. Paul. Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 with pleasure fellow collector's with the kind help of a well known collector from the Netherlands 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 I'll try to post more information like this in the near future Quote
Brendan campbell Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 Hi Paul, this was a Yasunori I owned in the early 80s . I traded it in for a mint Mino wakizashi, I thought I’d done a good deal in the trade £100. In time how wrong can 1 be.😱. Im sure it’s the actual sword in John Slough book . So i think , it went from Plymouth UK to the States. Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 these excellently made blades simply lacked apprecation, even here in Germany by so called experts. 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted June 21, 2024 Report Posted June 21, 2024 it is thanks to collectors like Mr. Han Bing Siong that his research has uncovered what unfortunately despised for far too long Quote
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