nobuyoshi

[John A Stuart]

Hi All, I was doing a quick look see for info on the 'Hizen no Kuni Ju Nobuyoshi' mei in the preceeding post and came upon something that surprised me. Amongst the Nobuyoshi cited in the Swordsmith Database was a smith that signed 'Nobuyoshi Saku' and as 'California no Kuni Nobuyoshi'. This is a fellow who went to Japan in 1938 and died in 1997 that became a Showa era smith. Real name Keith Austen. I found this amazing and quite a surprise. John

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi All, I was doing a quick look see for info on the 'Hizen no Kuni Ju Nobuyoshi' mei in the preceeding post and came upon something that surprised me. Amongst the Nobuyoshi cited in the Swordsmith Database was a smith that signed 'Nobuyoshi Saku' and as 'California no Kuni Nobuyoshi'. This is a fellow who went to Japan in 1938 and died in 1997 that became a Showa era smith. Real name Keith Austen. I found this amazing and quite a surprise. John

 

AFAIK he was the only Gaijin to have been patented as nihonto smith

by Japanese authorities. There is a good article about him somewhere in my HD but I'm at work now..

[Brian]

Dredging up an old post here, but I found a nice article on him on the NCJSC website: http://www.ncjsc.org/article_keith_austin.htm

I wonder if any members here are lucky enough to have an item made by him?

 

Brian

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi Brian. That's the article I was talking about.

It would be nice to have a pic of his work posted here.

[BenoitD]

Here is another non Japanese studying to become swordsmith in Japan.

 

His name is Pierre Nadeau and he lives in Montreal, Quebec.

 

http://www.soulsmithing.com/PERSONS/NAD ... eauEN.html

 

Benoit D