BIG Posted September 14 Report Posted September 14 Nice sword and nice Naotane mei. Isn`t it.. https://www.touken-m...duct/shousai/KA-0599 4 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted September 15 Report Posted September 15 Dated 1817, earliest one I've seen. Are you saying it's gimei? Quote
David Flynn Posted September 15 Report Posted September 15 Kajihei, the most well known forger. Some of forgeries are better than the original. Some, actually collect known Kajihei forgeries. I believe his Smith name was, Naomitsu and was grandson of Naotane (possibly)? 1 1 Quote
BIG Posted September 15 Author Report Posted September 15 The NBTHK`s 1973 Tokubetsu Kicho paperd the sword as „Naotane“. Touken Matsumoto said the sword has recently given mei to Kajihei. I think the NBTHK`s research ( see the KAJIHEI OSHIGATA book by IKEDA SUEMATSU ) do not cry out their mistake and shout GIMEI, but saw Kajihei mei „mainly with his KAO work..“ I think Kajihei did a good Naotane mei and kao job, as he did during his masters lifetime. And it`s a fine sword he forged and it was quickly sold. Really a real history sword for every Naotane den collection.. 2 1 Quote
BIG Posted September 15 Author Report Posted September 15 And Ikeda Suematsu was the director of SWORD FITTINGS MUSEUM https://www.christie...word-fittings-20000/ Quote
Jim Manley Posted October 14 Report Posted October 14 I was the buyer. As a Naotane collector it was a “must have” . The blade, shipped in April was lost in the mail only re-emerging in Japan October 3. It was immediately turned around and only reached my eager hands October 9. The workmanship is wonderful and I’ve barely had time to study it. At first glance the workmanship appears more similar to Naokatsu. Even more interesting, at least for me, was that Tonobe Sensei recognized its unique importance and applied sayagaki attesting to it as a recognized Kajihei forgery. 5 1 1 1 Quote
Jim Manley Posted October 16 Report Posted October 16 Finally got a chance to sit with the Kajihei-Naotane yesterday. I selected this Naotane Wakizashi for comparison. The proportions look good, the hamon on the Kajihei has more activity. The hada on the Naotane is a bit less pronounced. 4 Quote
Jim Manley Posted October 16 Report Posted October 16 Kajihei on top. Papered TH Naotane Wakizashi below 5 Quote
Lewis B Posted October 16 Report Posted October 16 You can see how someone might be fooled. They are remarkably similar. Both great looking blades. Quote
ChrisW Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 @O koumori This is the topic, check it out Dan! To the others, Dan just had a blade polished that is signed/dated to Naotane, but it might be a Kajihei blade. Quote
BIG Posted October 22 Author Report Posted October 22 I do not know about a coincidence, but both blades dated mid autumn 1817.. we saw the Naotane/Kajihei and now here is a real Naotane Kagemitsu/Kanemitsu utsushi https://www.touken-m...duct/shousai/KA-0663 1 Quote
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