Sword with tatsuhiko konno paper, id, pictures

[gorillacrab]

I recently entered the hobby an acquired this sword. Being that I'm new, I'm trying to learn as much as possible, and I was hoping someone could provide some info on this purchase.

 

The sword came with a Tatsuhiko Konno research paper. Do these add a lot of value? Are these ever forged? Any way to tell a legit one?

 

The paper dates the sword to 1675 and the signature as Yamashiro no kami Hidetatsu. Does this look like a sword of that age and anyone know anything about this smith?

 

Is it worth, as an antique only, to spend the money to repair/replace the mixmatched mountings?

 

Any other comments or concerns are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Ken-Hawaii]

How about telling us your name on each post, per Brian's rules?

 

And it's hard to tell much about your blade without some good shots of the nakago.

 

Ken

[Grey Doffin]

Hello, name please,

I find no record of any Hidetatsu anywhere in my references, not even in Hawley's. I doubt anyone will be able to tell you much about this smith. The state of polish makes it hard to tell much about the sword, especially from photographs. I see no reason why this sword couldn't date to the time specified.

I know nothing about Kono papers but there is no reason to expect them to be a forgery.

Rather than spending more money on this sword you should be spending money on books and traveling to see good swords and study, study, study. Only with knowledge and experience will you know which swords to spend money on.

Grey

[gorillacrab]

Sorry about that - new here. My name is Mike. These are my first purchases and I'm trying to figure out if I'm on the right track before I dive any deeper. I also haven't been able to find much on my own - just this link http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3277197&partid=1&searchText=kuniyoshi%2C+taiheiki&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=2

... so I was hoping some info from other's knowledge might pop up that would assist me with my research. Any thoughts on the link reference? Thanks.

[runagmc]

this may be Hidetoki... check this link,

http://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/list ... rt_era=All

 

there appears to be 3 generations from Musashi in mid shinto...