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nagamaki - Franco

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Greetings,

 

So far I would agree with the thought that this is not an older blade (at this time), my guess would be shinshinto. With a chipped tip and a chip at the yokote it will be important that the polisher has excellent foundation polishing skills, especially when considering the importance of the o-kissaki to this sword, not to mention the chunk of change that will be invested (new habaki, new shirasaya, origami).

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I appreciate the information as always.

 

I have already emailed Bob to see if I can send it his way..

 

Can't get over how formidable of a sword this is a. Understanding that I would be underwater in the restoration I still am having a hard time with the idea of not restoring it. For me these blades fall into categories of elegance and formidability. I recently bought a kozori daito from Bob that handles the elegant side of things and I'm super excited for this one to hopefully handle the formidable side.

 

Again I very much appreciate you guys for the wealth of knowledge!

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TheGermanBastard

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When i was a Kid in the 80s I thought the Toyota Supra to be a firmidable car... would i get a Rusty one restored? No. IG i had bought one back then i would have thought different. Maybe in some year you will looks swords with a diffetent view, too.

 

Maybe those of US Who think it to be Shinshinto are wrong.

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Again I appreciate the advice and respect the knowledge. Difference of opinion i.e. Not everything in the world for me is about money and some things deserve to be treated differently. I think it's a sad thing when these swords fall by the wayside because they are not old enough or not by a famous maker. I understand it from a monetary aspect but looking at the world as not only monetarily based it makes me sad..

But again I totally understand the point of view and understand that you disagree with mine. Of course I would have been happier if everyone said it was koto but again beautiful things are beautiful And I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say.

Good luck with the supra!

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To reiterate I very much appreciate the knowledgeable opinions of yourself Luis and those that join you to teach we lessors in the field.

 

For me I do not really get into this for monetary gain as much as I do for the collecting idea. I have been called something of a black hole in that once I get something I pretty much keep it.. I will have a nice estate sale one day..

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Beg to differ as i have Shinshinto Masayuki that is exactly like this but zaimei, ubu. It is with Tanobe sensei but looks to be Seki Shinshinto at the moment (the Masayuki that is)

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Beg to differ as i have Shinshinto Masayuki that is exactly like this but zaimei, ubu. It is with Tanobe sensei but looks to be Seki Shinshinto at the moment (the Masayuki that is)

I appreciate the replies and would love to see some pics of the masayuki if you have any for comparisons sake

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also wondering about the tsuba.. It used to have some kind of gold decoration running along the side but it seems to have been lost to the sands of time. I definitely like the wood grain and figure it is nothing special but wondering if it is shin shinto as well

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忠之魂

 

Chu-no-tamashii.

 

The reading for 忠 is "tada" if it is used in a name.  However, if it is used as anything other than a pronoun the reading is "chu" (long u... for some reason I can't input diacritical marks on this keyboard). 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BF%A0

 

 

(Actually, the reading can also be "chu" even if the word is a pronoun.)

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