tesscoothome123 Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Hello All, I think I may have found a good one. I have found this blade which from what I can tell is a "Yoshimichi" Mishina school blade. I can also tell it was from the Kyoto school of his. This has a horimono on both sides. My little but expanding knowledge limits what else I can figure out. I think this is worthy of restoration as there is no pitting, bend, and only a small chip off the tip. Would you also agree? Who would you use for this? I have done some searches and found many people that do the wwork, but is it better to send it back to Japan or is there anyone in the U.S. that could do this work. Best Regards, John Quote
Ian Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Hi John Is this the correct pic you have posted? Can we have some photos of the blade please? Regards Quote
DirkO Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 hi John, Pictures of the blade might help. Although I can't read the whole mei, it doesn't seem like Yoshimichi. I also doubt it being Kyo-Tamba Yoshimichi simply by looking at the kanji "Kami" Also read here : http://www.ricecracker.com/info/yoshimichi.htm Quote
Nobody Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Kawachi no kami Sukesada of Osafune in Bizen province Ref. http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/0810_2049syousai.htm However; yours may be gimei. Quote
tesscoothome123 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Posted March 6, 2011 Hi, Thank you very much Dirk and Koichi for your help. Would this be worth having restord? I only have about 100.00 in the blade. Regards, John Quote
cabowen Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 tesscoothome123 said: Hi, Thank you very much Dirk and Koichi for your help. Would this be worth having restord? I only have about 100.00 in the blade. Regards, John Speaking plainly, with a fake signature and very poor quality horimono, I wouldn't put any money into this even though you paid next to nothing for it. You can surely sell this at a profit as is, after which I would use the money to buy something collectible. More books and further study couldn't hurt either.... Quote
knut-1959 Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 Dear John, if you want to sell the sword Kawachi no kami sukesada, I'm looking for it. Please send me an email. I'm new to this system and I live in Germany. Sorry, my English is not good. Thank you for an answer! Yours sincerely Knut Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.