DTI 2024 catalog available

[yurie]

Hi, Everyone,

I attended DTI and bought one, 

長船倫光　（Osafune Tomomitsu, Mumei 

He was a student of Osafune Kagemitsu.  Around Enbun・Jyoji era（1356－1367）

This is O-suriage which is fine for me since my arm is short, otherwise I can not open the sword by myself.

This was the one displayed inside the glass case of the Sokendo booth.

The Kissaki needed a little polish, so I left it for the polish.  The person who took this photo stood at the lower end, therefore, the entire shape is distorted. 

On the Keicho-do thread, I posted the photos of the Yakata-bune party hosted by Mr. Robert Hughes.  It was great fun. Thank you, Mr. Robert Hughes.

I have more photos, but it does not allow me to attach. 

 

The kissaki is between the chu-gissaki and o-gissaki.  

 

 

[Brian]

Lovely sword. Must have been a loooong katana originally. Looking forward to pics after the polish.

[Stephen]

Fun thread and happy the hobby is alive and well. Great sword Yurie san.

Also happy to see new members who are well versed in the Nihonto world. 

I was concerned the NMB was on its last leg, with new guys like Adam ( I am impressed with you knowledge, you must have been interested well before here) and other too. New blood is very important to keep the forum alive.

 

It's given me want to drop in more often. Especially since Brian has brought back the old ways, going to go check Bobby's shindig Pics now.

 

There will be donation to the board before years end. Maybe sooner. 

[Brian]

Glad to hear you're still kicking like a Marine Stephen. Agree, new blood is important and some quality new guys. This hobby is a strange one. Some old guys that I thought would collect forever faded out of the hobby, and moved onto other things. Some left social media completely (Can't say I blame them)
And then we have natural attrition. And the fact that the average age in this field is so far above most other hobbies. We need the new guys. But with such a learning curve, few can put in the effort it takes to even get to novice status. After 20+ years, I still feel like a beginner.
That's why events like the DTI and shows and social meet-ups are vital.
And for those not aware, this guy @Stephen has been one of the most consistent supporters of this forum since the beginning. We owe him a lot.
 

[Stephen]

I should have mentioned @nulldevice Chandler as well good for you sir.

[nulldevice]

3 hours ago, Stephen said:

I should have mentioned @nulldevice Chandler as well good for you sir.

Thanks for the kind words Stephen.

 

This forum has been a wealth of knowledge for me. I'm certain I would've probably purchased 1-2 questionable blades by now had I not found this place. Thanks to much studying, good friends I've made along the way, and being at DTI, I'm happy with my first nihonto purchase and it's much better than I could've ever found on my own without some wonderful resources such as this site and some great books to help me out although I still feel like I'm very much a beginner in all of this. 

[CSM101]

Just a quick update: I´m working on it. In the meantime: Ko-Bizen Kageyasu. Signed, one hole, ubu.

 

 

 

[CSM101]

Enjoy

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That´s all, folks!

[Lewis B]

I think I spotted Udo

[CSM101]

 

 

 

[Gakusee]

On 11/22/2024 at 5:38 PM, CSM101 said:

That´s all, folks!

Dear Uwe, thank you so much for the images! It is as though we were there ;). 
 

[CSM101]

Dear Michael, 

 

it's all AI-generated. ChatGPT. What else?

[Gakusee]

15 minutes ago, CSM101 said:

Dear Michael, 

 

it's all AI-generated. ChatGPD. What else?

Well, Uwe, it was great to see you there, albeit momentarily. Wish I had more time there, and to socialise too, but it was nice to see a lot of people we know both in person and also in your videos. Great job documenting for posterity! 

[CSM101]

I hope to see you again in Berlin. In May. 

[Lewis B]

On 11/9/2024 at 1:34 PM, nulldevice said:

It was a great show. I was able to work with Mike Y and find a wonderful first addition to my collection! 
 

There were swords ranging from $1000 to well over $500k for a few JuBi examples I saw.

 

Every sword I inspected was in a perfect or very near perfect polish. This was a great time to really see excellent examples of some top smiths. 
 

Every dealer was incredibly willing to show swords well out of my budget. I didn’t go asking after the TJ or JuBi swords, but I handled many Juyo swords that were $50k+ including some amazing Rai and Norishige blades among others. 
 

Reading kanji names as Adam mentioned above was crucial. I don’t know all of the kanji names and provinces but knowing a little goes a very long way. Same goes with the paper levels and eras (Kamakura, Edo, etc.)
 

The catalog swords were all over the price spectrum. I expected some of the catalog swords I was interested to all be out of my budget but surprisingly 2 of them were right at my budget level. 
 

One small thing, many of the Japanese only dealers have prices listed in JPY using man (10,000yen multiples) just something small to know. 

It was a wonderful show and I wished I could’ve spent the full 2 days there and taken advantage of the English events before and afterwards. I heard there were some excellent English sword study groups on Monday with top smith blades that I would’ve loved to attend but the wife was already gracious enough to spend 5 hours with me on Saturday!

 

 

 

Did you receive your Ichimonji? Would love to see some images of what I can imagine is a wonderful blade.

[nulldevice]

10 minutes ago, Lewis B said:

Did you receive your Ichimonji? Would love to see some images of what I can imagine is a wonderful blade.

I wish it was an Ichimonji! I'm messing with my camera to get better photos of it and having varying levels of success. I'm going to try the flatbed photo scanner method that the IEEE published as that seems like it grabs very high quality scans of swords. 

 

The problem is that the sword is so long that I need to get the exposure and aperture settings perfect on the camera to get the entire length of the sword in focus. Much easier said than done and I'm a novice photographer at best! 

 

Here is one decent photo showing the sugata to leave you guessing the period!  Its an ubu nakago and slightly machi-okuri with a 77cm nagasa, 3.0cm moto haba, 1.5cm saki haba and a large sori though I haven't measured it accurately yet. 

 

[Lewis B]

Mid-late Kamakura? I like the proportions and have a softspot for a well executed bo-hi.

[atm]

1 hour ago, Lewis B said:

Did you receive your Ichimonji? Would love to see some images of what I can imagine is a wonderful blade.

You might be confusing @nulldevice with me—we both bought swords at DTI. I’ll try to post some photos of my Fukuoka Ichimonji Chikafusa when I have time. Chandler’s sword is really nice, too, and he takes way better pictures than I do!

[Lewis B]

Just now, atm said:

You might be confusing @nulldevice with me—we both bought swords at DTI. I’ll try to post some photos of my Fukuoka Ichimonji Chikafusa when I have time. Chandler’s sword is really nice, too, and he takes way better pictures than I do!

oops. You're right, my bad. Yes, I would like to see that one too. It should be a rule that anyone with a nice sword has to learn how to take nice pics 

[nulldevice]

2 minutes ago, Lewis B said:

oops. You're right, my bad. Yes, I would like to see that one too. It should be a rule that anyone with a nice sword has to learn how to take nice pics 

I plan on posting a new thread with good photos when they are better quality wise! The hamon has been much easier to capture using my iPhone vs my lighting setup with the DSLR. Its probably user error as usual! 

 

 

 

[Lewis B]

Am I seeing some utsuri? Does the sword have a Bizen origin?