takehisa info needed

[lionel]

looking for info on a showa swordsmith takehisa ! my very first gendaito in shin-gunto mounts is by this swordsmith and i would like to add these details to my files ..anybody help a newbie out ?

 

thanks guys

[huntershooter]

There is a Takehisa in Slough's ("Modern Japanese Swordsmiths").

Only info provided says; "Showa-Aichi" (province), rated "Medium-Grade Showato".

[lionel]

Hi Todd...how accurate is this book and are there any other books available as i want some reading material about the differant swordsmiths ?

[SwordGuyJoe]

I am not saying that Slough's is never wrong, but Takehisa is a known smith, but not known for gendaito blades, but showato blades. Perhaps Chris or one of the other gendai SME's could weigh in on whether they have seen gendaito from this smith, but I know I haven't.

[cabowen]

I haven't seen any gendaito by Takehisa, but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist....The only smith of note from Aichi who worked during the war was Tsutsui Kiyokane.

[lionel]

here are a few snaps of the sword in question....

[lionel]

more shots

[lionel]

more shots

 

 

Why are my pictures not showing up ?? they have to be downloaded ??

[Brian]

Max width 800 pixels, otherwise they turn to links to view. This is to prevent forced horizontal scrolling which is darn irritating.

 

Brian

[cabowen]

Sure looks like a showato....odds are good it is oil quenched....

[lionel]

Max width 800 pixels, otherwise they turn to links to view. This is to prevent forced horizontal scrolling which is darn irritating.

 

Brian

 

 

Thankyou Brian....i will resize all my pictures from now on and i agree that oversized pictures are a real pain m8

[lionel]

another shot