Amazing birthday gift.

[obiwanknabbe]

My wife surprised the ever living heck out of me with this amazing birthday gift. An exceptionally wide wakizashi made by Motoyasu. Can anyone tell me more about this maker? Another name perhaps?. I can't seem to find anything about him other than the he was possibly a Satsuma smith.

 

Came with some nice fittings and an iron tsuba signed Mototake.

[obiwanknabbe]

[obiwanknabbe]

Ok.. rabbit hole... where motoyasu and mototake brothers? 

[Bugyotsuji]

Where did you find your wife?

 

Kansei 12 is 1800.

[ROKUJURO]

Yes, looks definitely like SHIN-SHINTO.

[Bugyotsuji]

刀 薩陽士奥元安 寛政七年 薩摩 服部美術店 Katana satsuma Motoyasu, Hattori samurai art shop Tokyo Japan (katana-hattori.com)

 

薩摩国 江戸中期　　　 元平 元武 元安と 三兄弟 = Satsuma, Mid Edo, three brothers, Motohira, Mototake and Motoyasu.

[Brian]

Lucky guy!

[Toryu2020]

Exceptionally nice gift!

[BIG]

Hi Kurt, some infos..

 

 

[chinaski]

Wow!  Congrats and Happy Birthday! 

[The Blacksmith]

Wow, an absolutely amazing and extremely thoughtful birthday present! Congratulations. It was my birthday a couple of weeks back.........I got a bottle of cider!  Mind you , it was Dry Blackthorn English cider!

[Michaelr]

Kurt, congratulations on both a Great Wife and a Great blade. You are a very lucky person. Place this blade in a place where you can enjoy it every day while thinking about the wife that you have to enjoy it with. I hope you and your wife stay as happy as you are today for the rest of your life. 
  MikeR

[Jon]

Could I borrow your wife to consult with mine on birthdays.

[Jon]

17 hours ago, The Blacksmith said:

Wow, an absolutely amazing and extremely thoughtful birthday present! Congratulations. It was my birthday a couple of weeks back.........I got a bottle of cider!  Mind you , it was Dry Blackthorn English cider!

just no…dry blackthorn is a travesty of nature…it’s a none traditional cider that is no longer made in Somerset…it’s made in Ireland, a nation that has deluded itself into thinking it knows how to make cider…they export the apples from the southwest of England….

 

In reality if cider is not made in Somerset it’s hardly worth the name ( even traditional ciders)….the sparking none traditional ciders…are the cider equivalent of knockoff Chinese “Nihonto”…

If you like cider I can give the addresses of a couple of farms that will probably export.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Now, I will never say no to a drop of nice, cold dry cider. 

 

So throw in a blade like Kurt's above, and the world would be my oyster. 

[The Blacksmith]

Unfortunately, there are not too many English ciders available over here, usually Blackthorn or Bulmers Hereford cider.  Though admittedly, the Blackthorn wasn't as it was when I was living in the UK. The local cider here is really just a sort of fruity, fizzy drink, with such delicacies  as , rhubarb, lime, raspbery, chilli, and god knows what other abominations that the locals call 'cider'!

As for the possibility of import, well our tax systrem would obliterate that possibility. A friend was sent a bottle of whisky as a birthday present, and the customs kindly charged him £75 import fee ! 

I have had some nice Kentish ciders too.

[Bazza]

I've just tried to send a bottle of nice Aussie Shiraz to a Wineaholic in the USA.  The lovely Post Office Lady said to me "And what are you sending airmail to America?"  I replied "A lovely bottle of Aussie Shiraz".  She simply replied, knocking me off my feet, "Can't send wine to America."  I was astonished.  ASTONISHED.  But a simple google search showed it was true.  My next try will be sending said bottle of Shiraz to Japan.  Any advice or clues from the cognoscenti??

 

BaZZa.

[Shuko]

1 hour ago, Bazza said:

I've just tried to send a bottle of nice Aussie Shiraz to a Wineaholic in the USA.  The lovely Post Office Lady said to me "And what are you sending airmail to America?"  I replied "A lovely bottle of Aussie Shiraz".  She simply replied, knocking me off my feet, "Can't send wine to America."  I was astonished.  ASTONISHED.  But a simple google search showed it was true.  My next try will be sending said bottle of Shiraz to Japan.  Any advice or clues from the cognoscenti??

 

BaZZa.

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