Newbie

[setanta59]

Hi to all and greetings from Northern Ireland

I am completely new to this so please bear with me. I am a collector of antique firearms with a few swords but recently I have been fortunate enough to obtain my first Japanese blade. It is not in the best condition but it is what it is and I am happy enough to own this important piece of history. A friend in England suggested that I join this website to increase my knowledge, which I look forward to doing.

I believe my sword to be a Satsuma Rebellion Samurai Sword, from the school of Sukehisa in the Province of Bizen. With 'rebellion' mounts from 1877 (blade is considerably older than that).

Hilt fittings (i.e. tsuba, fchi and kashira) are plain blackened iron, while the menuki consists of plain iron washers.

The most noticeable feature is the hilt binding which is rough braid or canvas wound to give almost triangular openings of exposed same instead of the traditional diamond shape.

Blade length 66cm, tang length 16cm, with clear signature which relates to the Sukehisa School of 1865 to 1868.

[Jamie]

Welcome to the forum. You might want to post your real name as it is a forum rule.

Here is a link to sword care if you need it.

 

http://www.nbthk-ab.org/Etiquette.htm

 

Hope it helps.

 

Jamie

[Jean]

Welcome P.,

 

Please add In your profile, your first name as per board rules

[outlier48]

Care to post any photos? Nakago, kissaki, tsuka, overall photo, etc. would be of interest.

 

Charlie Brashear

[Curran]

We have three or four Northern Irish on the forum now? Seems like a growing little community.

 

In this Nihonto University Pub, names are useful and polite up to first and family name initial.

Our Ulster man in Tokyo, Henry W. can probably best be found on this forum if you search under Ulster Breakfast?

 

Since I'm the only Curran on this list and been around since Stonehenge was built, I'm a bit lax just using my first name most of the time.

Welcome.

 

Curran