misattributed honami wakisahi passing shinsa

[bathala]

hi just wanted to share my wakisahi/ o tanto which just recently passed nthk shinsa. it has a kinpun mei, sadamune ofcourse somewhat impossible, but still sent the sword for the sheer quality of the blade. passed, attributed to harima no kami teruhiro,  kanei era which makes this he 3rd? i guess. for your enjoyment heres some pics

[raynor]

Congratulations. Are those NTHK papers from the Shinsa held in Tampa earlier this year?

[bathala]

no sir. in Japan last month i think

[Tom Darling]

That's very interesting, i had a gem of a sword with kin'mei, several years ago and submitted to the NTHK, they said, I need to remove the mei before they would appraise. Did you have to remove the kin-mei, i assume that wasn't the case. I left the mei on, and sold a masterpiece. Now I know it was shoshin.

I recall reading that Dr. Homma said, "once the signature has been removed, even the very best opinion is only a guess" Peace..

 

 

Tom D.

[bathala]

no tom i did not. i believe whatever the mei is its part of the swords history.  iguess times are changing, seems for the better.   even if it was just to up there value or to stand for a koto master, these swords were masterpeices in themselves, in my opinion so as to stand as a koto masteterpeice.

[Tom Darling]

Wakizashi o-tanto? is that the description on the paper?  Peace.

 

 

Tom D.

[vajo]

Beautifull sword. Congratulations. And very good pictures.

[O-Midare]

She's a Beauty.

[bathala]

Wakizashi o-tanto? is that the description on the paper?  Peace.

 

 

Tom D.

1 shaku 6 sun. so technically a wak. looks like an o tanto though